Jon Rudd

Shane Ryan Heads Up Top Tier Of Swim Ireland’s Performance Squads

Multi-international medalist Shane Ryan heads up the top tier of Swim Ireland’s just-announced national performance squads for the 2020-21 season.

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Plymouth Leander’s Training Base To Remain Closed Until April 2021

England’s indoor swimming pools can finally open after having been under lockdown since March 20th, but one notable training base will remain closed.

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Northern Ireland Pools Set To Open Friday, July 24th

Things are looking up for Northern Ireland athletes, with swimming pools, spas and community centers getting the green light to open on Friday, July 24th.

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Northern Ireland Gets Green Light To Get Back In The Pool

“The news our athletes in Northern Ireland have been waiting for looks to have come through today: they can finally resume training in the pool next week.”

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Irlanda Pronta A Ripartire. Si Tornerà In Acqua Lunedì 8 Giugno

L’Irlanda si prepara a ripartire dopo il lockdown. Centri di preparazione olimpica e paralimpica aperti per gli atleti a partire da lunedì 8 Giugno

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Key Irish Swimmers Able to Dive Back In Dublin Waters On June 8th

“Potential identified Olympians & Paralympians from Monday [can train] in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, on the Sport Ireland campus,” says Jon Rudd.

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Peaty, Scott Among GB Swimmers Heading To Irish McCullagh Open Meet Next Month

Adam Peaty heads up the team of GB swimming superstars who will race at the McCullagh Open Meet in Ireland next month from February 20th-23rd.

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Irish Swimmers Complete Record-Breaking Siege, Knocking Down 54 Marks In All

Danielle Hill was a big part of Ireland’s overhaul of the swimming record books on both the senior and junior level over the past 2 weeks.

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Swim Ireland Announces Diving National Teams for 2019 International Slate

On the back of the recent announcement of Swim Ireland’s swimming team for their premier benchmark meet of 2019, the FINA World Championships in Korea, the Irish diving team for this competition is now also established.

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Ruta Meilutyte menacée de suspension pour 3 contrôles antidopage manqués

La championne olympique Ruta Meilutyte pourrait être suspendue 2 ans pour avoir manqué 3 contrôles antidopage, selon la fédération lituanienne

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Greene Earns Swimmer Of The Meet Honors To End Irish Open

The 2019 Irish Open Swimming Championships wrapped up tonight in Dublin, with 5 Irish Records, 2 Irish Junior Records and 7 Championship Records biting the dust by the time all was said and done.

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Hyland Hits New Irish National Record En Route to 200 Fly Gold

Brendan Hyland lowered his own Irish National Record in the 200m fly on night 3 of the Irish Open Swimming Championships.

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Irish Short Course Championships Wrap Up With More Records

Read about the history-making final night of the 2018 Irish Short Course Championships.

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Darragh Greene Becomes Ireland’s First Sub-Minute Breaststroker

Darragh Greene made Irish swimming history by becoming the first 100m breaststroker from his nation to ever dip under the minute barrier.

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Ireland’s Youth Return from ISF World School Games with 13 Medals

The 2018 ISF World Schools Games Gymnasiade in Casablanca, Morocco, was to see Ireland enter a team in the swimming championships of the multi-sport event for the first time and return with an outstanding 13 medal haul.

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