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Weather played havoc with the six-race series

Michael Eames's Sunfast 3200 finished sixth overall

Orth Sails-powered race boats have kicked off the season with some great early race wins

Fidelma Healy Eames remembers her first day in the Seanad in 2007 well, and an encounter with a fellow female politician. “I walked in the gates of Leinster House,” she says, “and she said, on the very first day, ‘Are you ready for the next general election?’. I’d just arrived. But that’s the problem with politics, you’re never there. I’ve shifted now to my own way of looking at things. I’ve moved from achievement to fulfilment. I reall...

The 30-year-old missed Ireland’s series success against New Zealand due to injury.

The original four entries had risen to nine by the time of the start of the overnighter.

North Sails Ireland share early season "training" and "racing" successes

The plucky Barnsley pensioner celebrated nationwide after an interview where she said she didnt give a sod about coronavirus restrictions – is set to get her freedom with the vaccine jab next week. Great-grandmother-of-two Maureen Eames, 83, won over millions of fans after slating the Tier 3 rules that had been due to come in to her West Yorkshire area last year. But now she is set to get her shot for freedom after being told to come in for her Covid vaccination - as long as the weather does...