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The Miss Laois winner has been announced as nurse and science student Alison Dyer from Portarlington. Alison who is sponsored by Laois business Blush Beauty Bar...

  8th May 2021 The spirit of Irish sailing – Ian Hickeys veteran Granada 38 Cavatina (Royal Cork YC) making a perfectly-timed start in the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race. A successful participant in Fastnet, Round Ireland, Dingle and AZAB races, Cavatina is in the entry list for this years Dingle Race on June 9th Credit: W M Nixon The welcome announcement that the National Yacht Clubs biennial 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2021 will be going ahead on Wednesday, June 9th, is encouraging....

ICRA Nationals 2019 © David Branigan / Oceansport Entry is now open for the 2021 ICRA National Championships hosted by the National Yacht Club and the Irish Cruising Racing Association on 3rd to 5th September. The three-day Championships being held in Dun Laoghaire will comprise of fleets accommodating offshore, traditional and white sail racing. Each fleet will get its own race areas with race management ensuring great racing for all. Three fleets will be accommodated at the event...

Buoyant Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta May Operate Waiting List as 2021 Entry Nears Limit 22nd April 2021 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta has received 94 entries so far for the Open Cruiser Championship (8th – 11th July 2021) on Dublin Bay and will pasue entries on April 30th to take stock of overall numbers Credit: Afloat Entries for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) are beyond expectations for Julys event giving organisers the opportunity to close the entry system at the end of April to review ...

ICRA Conference Hears of Plans & Challenges for 2021 Sailing Regatta Organisers 7th March 2021 Regatta organisers are poised for the Governments April 5th announcement including Julys Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (above) Credit: Afloat Key Irish sailing regattas depend on a Government Level Two status being in place this summer in order to proceed, the Irish Cruiser Racer (ICRA) conference heard yesterday. Over 100 sailors and regatta representatives gathered online to hear the latest regatt...

ICRA Plan to Increase Cruiser Racer Numbers 28th February 2021 An under 25 team racing in a RStGYC J80 keelboat on Dublin Bay Credit: Afloat There will be more boats on the water in the season ahead, crewed by young sailors supported by the Irish Cruiser Racing Associations Under 25 programme which has been so successful that ICRA is now working with the national sailing organisation on developing a further stage of the project, to encourage those finishing it to buy their own boats and incre...

Registration Now Open For Online ICRA Conference & AGM 19th February 2021 ICRA has published the agenda and registration details for its 2021 Conference and AGM taking place over Zoom on Saturday 6 March. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, RTÉ and Met Éireann’s Evelyn Cusack will head an exciting and interesting line-up of guest speakers and presentations. ICRA Commodore Richard Colwell will kick off proceedings at 10.30 am with the welcome and Commodore’s update. This will be followe...

5th February 2021 At the double. Anthony OLeary of Crosshaven and Annalise Murphy of Dun Laoghaire are the only contenders to be Afloat.ie "Sailors of the Year" twice – himself in 2010 and 2014, and herself in 2012 and 2016 Credit: Robert Bateman and IOC In these long-lived times, a Silver Jubilee is not what it used to be in an era when Golden Jubilees, Centenaries, Tricentenaries and whatever youre having yourself are cascading around us in an almost continuous nostalgia-fest. Nevertheless...

Ballydaly paid tribute on the centenary of the death of the late Con Murphy, who gave his life for the pursuit of Irish freedom at a dignified ceremony that remembered a life cut short in an atrocity on February 1st, 1921. A grand nephew of the Irish Volunteer, Tim Murphy spoke of the efforts of the War of Independence hero and his legacy resulting with the ultimate Good Friday Agreement in 1998. "Thats the cornerstone of our commitment to peace and stability on this island. It was agreed and o...