The European Athletics Championships are taking place this week in Birmingham while the European Aquatics Championships are being held in Paris. Below is a day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes taking part at both meets, which we will update each day with results and progression information. You can watch live coverage of both championships on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.
Medal count
Gold x2: Ellen Walshe (Women’s 400m individual medley); Mark English (Men’s 800m)
Silver x2: Mona McSharry (Women’s 100m breaststroke); Rhasidat Adeleke (Women’s 200m)
Bronze x1: Mona McSharry (Women’s 200m breaststroke)
*Denotes events in which Irish athletes are yet to secure qualification
Day five (Friday, August 14th)
Athletics
Women’s heptathlon, 100m hurdles: Kate O’Connor (11th; 11th overall)
Men’s 4x400m relay heats: Andrew Egan, Jack Raftery, Joe Doody, Sean Doggett (10th; did not progress)
Women’s heptathlon, high jump: Kate O’Connor (Joint-1st; 2nd overall)
Women’s 4x400m relay heats: Sophie Becker, Jenna Breen, Cliodhna Manning, Arlene Crossan (15th; DNP)
Men’s 1,500m heats: Andrew Coscoran (15th; qualified for final), Cathal Doyle (31st; DNP)
Evening session
Women’s heptathlon, shot put: Kate O’Connor (11th; 2nd overall)
Women’s 10,000m: Fiona Everard (20th), Niamh Allen (DNF)
Women’s heptathlon, 200m: Kate O’Connor (10th; 3rd overall)
Swimming
Women’s 50m freestyle heats: Rosalie Phelan (30th; DNP)
Men’s 50m breaststroke heats: Jack Kelly (22nd; DNP), Darragh Greene (30th; DNP), Adam Bradley (48th; DNP), Eoin Corby (52nd; DNP)
Women’s 100m backstroke heats: Danielle Hill (14th; qualified for semi-finals), Grace Davison (15th; qualified for semi-finals), Lottie Cullen (17th; DNP due to two-athlete-per-nation rule)
Men’s 200m butterfly heats: Jack Cassin (16th; qualified for semi-finals), Liam Custer (34th; DNP)
Women’s 200m IM heats: Ellen Walshe (2nd; qualified for semi-finals), Ellie McCartney (12th; qualified for semi-finals)
Men’s 1,500m freestyle heats: Daniel Wiffen (6th; qualified for final) , Nathan Wiffen (15th; DNP)
Evening session
Women’s 200m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry (3rd), Ellie McCartney (8th)
Women’s 100m backstroke semi-finals: Grace Davison (15th; DNP), Danielle Hill (16th; DNP)
Men’s 200m butterfly semi-finals: Jack Cassin (16th; DNP)
Women’s 200m IM semi-finals: Ellen Walshe (7th; qualified for final), Ellie McCartney (12th; DNP)
Ellen Walshe will be in action in the 200m IM semi-finals on Friday evening having won gold in the 400m IM earlier in the week. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho Day six (Saturday, August 15th)
Athletics
Men’s half-marathon race walk: David Kenny, Oisin Lane (7.30am)
Women’s heptathlon, long jump: Kate O’Connor (10.25am)
Women’s heptathlon, javelin: Kate O’Connor (11.55am)
Women’s 1,500m heats: Sarah Healy, Sophie O’Sullivan, Jodie McCann (12.15pm)
Women’s 4x100m relay heats: Team TBC – Katie Bergin, Sarah Leahy, Ciara Neville, Mollie O’Reilly, Lauren Roy, Molly Scott, Lucy-May Sleeman (12.40pm)
Men’s 4x100m relay heats: Sean Aigboboh, Toluwabori Akinola, Dubem Amah, Lucas Fadden, Marcus Lawler, Ryan Mulholland, Israel Olatunde, Mark Smyth (1pm)
Evening session
Women’s heptathlon, 800m: Kate O’Connor (7.45pm)
Men’s 10,000m: Jack O’Leary (8.25pm)
Men’s 1,500m final: Andrew Coscoran (9.07pm)
Swimming
Morning session (8.30am-10.18am)
Men’s 50m freestyle heats: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton
Women’s 200m butterfly heats: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin
Men’s 100m backstroke heats: John Shortt
Women’s 50m breaststroke heats: Mona McSharry
Men’s 200m IM heats: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer
Evening session
Women’s 200m IM final: Ellen Walshe (5.47pm)
*Men’s 50m freestyle semi-finals: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton (5.54pm)
Men’s 1,500m freestyle final: Daniel Wiffen (6.20pm)
*Women’s 50m breaststroke semi-finals: Mona McSharry (7.01pm)
*Women’s 200m butterfly semi-finals: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin (7.52pm)
*Men’s 200m IM semi-finals: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer (8.02pm)
*Men’s 100m backstroke semi-finals: John Shortt (8.18pm)
Day seven (Sunday, August 16th)
Athletics
Women’s marathon: Fionnuala McCormack (7.30am)
Men’s marathon: Paul O’Donnell, Ryan Creech, David McGlynn (8.10am)
Evening session
*Women’s 1,500m final: Sarah Healy, Sophie O’Sullivan, Jodie McCann (9.13pm)
Swimming
Morning session (8.30am-10.08am)
Men’s 400m freestyle heats: Denis O’Brien, Cormac Rynn, Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen
Women’s 4x100m medley relay heats
Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats
Evening session
*Men’s 50m freestyle final: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton (5.30pm)
*Women’s 50m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry (6.36pm)
*Men’s 200m IM final: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer (6.40pm)
*Women’s 200m butterfly final: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin (6.47pm)
*Women’s 4x100m medley relay final (7.02pm)
*Men’s 100m backstroke final: John Shortt (7.06pm)
*Men’s 400m freestyle final: Denis O’Brien, Cormac Rynn, Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen (7.21pm)
*Men’s 4x100m medley relay final (8.11pm)