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Irish Sailor of the Year The Figaro Solo was arguably the peak in sailing competition – both inshore and offshore – in Europe during 2020. In a truncated and contorted season, somehow the crème de la creme of international solo sailing were guided into a… Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has been named Afloat Irish Sailor of the Year for 2020 in recognition of his fifth overall and best ever Irish result in the year's La Solitaire du Figaro Race, amid another landmark 12 months… Tonight from 7 pm, Irish Sailing in an 'online ceremony' will reveal the 2020 winner of the Irish Sailor of...

The Irish Government provides funding to Irish Sailing. These funds are exclusively for the benefit of the Performance Pathway. However, this falls short of the amount required to fund the Performance Pathway in order to allow Ireland compete at the highest level. As a result the Performance Pathway programme currently receives around €850,000 per annum from Sport Ireland and €150,000 from sponsorship. A further €2 million per annum is needed to have a major impact at the highest level. The Irish Sailing Foundation was established to bridge the financial gap through securing philanthrop...

  Staff Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 18 Jan 2021 02:39 AM BdST Updated: 18 Jan 2021 02:39 AM BdST LGRD Minister Tazul Islam has threatened to dissolve the local government councils if they fail to pay their employees with their own funds for 12 months. "); } Speaking at a national dialogue in Dhaka on Sunday on improving the marginal people’s standard of living, he said the city corporations and municipalities are run by separate law that stipulates they must run on their own funds. But the local government bodies say they are unable to collect enough taxes and so, they canno...

As Irish 49ers Eye Last Chance for Tokyo, 2021 49er Europeans are Confirmed for Greece 12th January 2021 Ryan Seaton and Seafra Guilfoyle start a 49er race at the 2020 European Championships in Austria As Ireland's two 49er campaigns prepare for their last chance to win an Olympic berth in Tokyo, details of the final major championship of the 2020 Quadrennial have been announced in Greece. After four years of campaigning, minds have been focussed in the Irish camp with the news that the 49er’s Tokyo Olympic qualifier has been confirmed as the Princesa Sofia regatta in Palma, Spain – 2...

Kearns selected to lead New Concord Village Council Staff Report NEW CONCORD -- In its first meeting of the new year, New Concord Village elected councilmember Kristi (KJ) Kearns as president of council. Council voted between Kearns and longtime council president Robert Dickson at Monday's meeting. Kearns, however, received four votes to Dickson's two. The role of president of council will be to act in place of the mayor at council meetings when the mayor is absent. "I'll certainly work hard and do my best (for the village)," Kearns said.  She began her tenure on council in 2019 when she was...