We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website www.subxerosports.com Together with some of Dublin city’s most exciting adventure sports companies we are having a family fun day and BBQ. Food and soft drinks (BYOB) will be on hand…
Author: Derry O Donnell
Fantastic Finale to the National Junior Pike Angling Competition
The youngsters and the female competitors ensured a fantastic finale to the National Junior Pike Angling Competition which was held on Saturday, the 7th of September on Shantonagh Lough near Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan. In what was an exciting finish Ashlyn McCabe…
Irish research team unveil the origins of a fish unique to Kerry!
A team of researchers from University College Dublin, the University of Salford and Inland Fisheries Ireland has reconstructed the origin of the endangered Killarney shad in Lough Leane, Co. Kerry, providing genetic evidence for the timing of colonisation of the…
Free Smartphone app ISA SafeTrx designed to save lives on the water
The ISA and Minister for Agriculture, Marine & Food, Simon Coveney, today officially launched ISA SafeTrx; a revolutionary free Smartphone app designed to save lives on the water. Developed in association with the Irish Coast Guard and DeCare Systems Ireland,…
South Africa Win 2013 Mirror World Sailing Championships on Lough Derg at LDYC, Dromineer, Tipperary
Ryan and Michaela Robinson from South Africa are the 2013 Mirror World Champions 182 sailors competed for five days on Lough Derg, at Lough Derg Yacht Club, Dromineer, Co. Tipperary Today was the final day of 2013 Mirror World…
Day 4 Mirror World Sailing Championships on Lough Derg in Tipperary
Day 4 of the Mirror World Sailing Championships and the weather forecast for Lough Derg was more amenable that had been expected. Boats launched in incessant rain with a light southerly breeze. The first race took three attempts as has…
Day 3 Mirror World Sailing Championships at Lough Derg Yacht Club, Dromineer, North Tipperary
Day 3 and PRO Con Murphy made it clear from start he was going to try and get 4 races in, especially after losing a race on Tuesday and with an uncertain forcast for Thursday and friday. However, with over eager sailors and a few…
Bronze Medal in Wakeboarding at the World Games for David O’Caoimh
David O’Caoimh, from Killiney in Dublin, has taken the Bronze Medal in Wakeboarding at the World Games. O’Caoimh delivered spectacular passes with spins and inverts to get through to the Finals and managed to beat athletes from seventeen other countries…
Day 2 Mirror World Sailing Championships on Lough Derg in Tipperary
Day 2 of the Mirror World Sailing Championships on Lough Derg, Dromineer, Co. Tipperary got off to a tricky start. Race 3, the first race of the day, began with a total of three general recalls and two race abandonments…
Mirror World Sailing Championships 2013 on Lough Derg, in Dromineer Co Tipperary
182 sailors in 91 boats from 7 nations are competing on Lough Derg, in Dromineer for the Mirror Worlds 2013. Sailors have travelled to Lough Derg Yacht Club from the UK, Australia, the Philippines, South Africa, Canada, Sweden as well…