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Swim Ireland is the national governing body of swimming in Ireland. It is affiliated with both LEN and FINA. A breaststroke swimmer Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body. ...
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History
Swim Ireland was founded in 1998 to replace the Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA). IASA was dissolved following revelations that a number of its senior member has raped and sexually abused underage swimmers. Derry O'Rourke, Olympic coach in 1980 and 1992 was convicted on 27 sexual abuse charges against minors and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in 1998. He received a further sentence of 10 years in 2005 for repeated rape and indecent assualt of a female swimmer between the ages of 14 and 18. Frank McCann, Irish team manager from the 1980's through to the 1990's was convicted of the murders of his wife and child to prevent them discovering he had a child from an underage swimmer. George Gibney, Irish national coach from 1984-1991 was charged with 27 counts of sexual abuse. A judicial review in 1994 prevented the case from proceeding due to the length of time elapsed since the alleged incidents took place. He has since left the country to live in the US and is wanted by police in Ireland for questioning in relation to further charges of child sex abuse. [1], [2], [3]
Competitions Swim Ireland runs national meets which include the Dave McCullagh LC Memorial (April), Irish SC Open SC (July), Irish LC Open (May), Division 2 Age Groups SC (June) and the Irish LC Age Groups Championships (July).
Swim Ireland also works with the Irish Schools Swimming Association. It runs the Irish Minor and Secondary Schools Championships.
The Age Group InterProvencial takes place every year at the beginning of the summer months. This is were teams from the 4 provences of Ireland (Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht) compete against each other.
Competitions take place in either the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin or at Limerick University. Both pools have the compatability to be changed into 50m and 25m.
Irish swimmers Swim Ireland recently introduced a new squad structure. This begins with Club Level, then Regional Level, then National Level, then Team 2012, and finally Elite Sqead.
Team 2012 contains swimmers who have the most potential of making the 2012 Olympics in London.
Team 2012 Members - Laura McDonnell,
- Nuala Murphy,
- Clare Dawson,
- Ciara Kelleher,
- Melanie Nocher,
- Sharon Coady,
- Patrick McKenna,
- Julie Douglas,
- Barry Murphy,
- David Kelly,
- Florry O'Connell,
- David McIlroy,
- Andrew Meegan,
- Emily Heyburn,
- Emma Robinson,
- Steven Manley,
- Donal O'Neill,
- Leonore Kelleher,
- Anne Marie Fenton,
- Niamh O'Sullivan,
- Amy Cadden,
- Chelsey Wilson,
- Grainne Murphy,
- Michael Dawson,
- Mark Donovan,
- David Graham,
- Orla Ryan,
- Ashleigh Hyland,
- Steven McQuillan,
- William Ensor,
- Rosanna Cooney,
- Bethany Carson,
- Conor Leaney,
- Hayley Burke,
- Kevin Denihan,
- Karl Burdis,
- Lydia Flynn,
- Clare Byrne,
- Paul Laffan,
- David Mathews,
- Jonathan Nixon,
- Andrew Bree,
- Shane Aherne,
- Stephen Cunningham,
- Fiona Doyle,
- Eimear Doyle,
- Lucy McFarland,
- Wilson Logan.
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Recent Controversy Swim Ireland has struggled in recent years due to a widely-reported sex abuse scandal and legal dispute with Sarah Keane who was made CEO last year. Further setbacks occurred earlier this year when the National Aquatics Center (NAC) in Dublin suffered storm damage to its roof resulting in closure since then.
See also The Irish Sports Council regulates sporting bodies organised on an all-island or Republic only basis Sport on the island of Ireland is popular and widespread. ...
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