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Rowers sixth in European championships

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ITALIAN JOB: Monika Dukarska and Aileen Crowley in Varese, Italy last weekend. Photo: Rowing Ireland

By Sean Moriarty

Local international rowers Aileen Crowley and Monika Dukarska finished sixth in the Women’s Pair A Final of the European championships in Italy last weekend.

Both women are from Killorglin but Crowley is a former member of Muckross Rowing Club and currently rows with Old Collegians Boat Club in Dublin.

The Irish Crew were in a tough final with the crews from Spain, Greece, Romania, Great Britain and Croatia.

Monika and Aileen fought hard throughout the race but the crew from Great Britain took home the gold with the Romanian and Spanish crew taking second and third.

The Varese-based European Rowing Championships is one of the last big occasions before this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan and while the local crew are qualified, inclusion in the Irish team for the July/August games has yet to be confirmed.

“I am happy with our team’s performance and out of eight crews entered, six reached the A Final in their category, and two achieved first and second in the B and C Finals. On the last day, all our crews raced at their best showing a great attitude,” said Rowing Ireland’s High-Performance Director Antonio Maurogiovanni.

“We are grateful for the opportunity to compete in tournaments given the current global pandemic, and we thank World Rowing for organising this event."

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Young entrepreneurs spot match-day business opportunity

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Two young local girls showed great business initiative on Saturday ahead of the Kerry v Donegal match at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin set up a sweet stall outside a house on Lewis Road, catching the thousands of football fans walking towards the grounds.

The enterprising pair did a busy trade selling soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates to the passing crowds before throw-in.

Their match-day venture also caught the attention of the national sports media, with a photograph of the girls at their stall captured by Sportsfile photographer Stephen McCarthy ahead of the game.

23 May 2026; Local vendors Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin, right, before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Kerry and Donegal at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, Kerry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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Conor Pass photo captures top spot in Camera Club competition

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Noel O’Neill has claimed first place in the Unrestricted category of the latest Killarney Camera Club competition, which focused on the theme of the ‘Kerry Landscape’.

His winning photograph, titled ‘Conor Pass Lake and the Three Sisters’, features a detailed study of Mullaghveal located beneath the Conor Pass.

The image captures the wide sweep of the valley, utilizing an elevated viewpoint that allows the glacial landscape to unfold toward the Atlantic horizon. The composition highlights the quiet lakes in the foreground against the dark, rocky slopes of the valley, with the distant outline of the Three Sisters adding further depth and scale to the scene.

The judges praised the photograph as an outstanding example of landscape work, noting its effective balance of composition, light, and perspective to capture the vastness of the West Kerry terrain.

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