Arklow Gymnastics Club members are on cloud nine after they swept three major honours, including Club of the Year, at the Gymnastics Ireland National Awards at the Radisson Blu in Dublin.

A 22-strong team of talented gymnasts from Arklow Gymnastics Club will make history this July when they carry the Irish flag around Bodø in Norway at the opening ceremony of EuroGym 2024.

The accused, who is also a grandfather, used to run a club for training gymnasts at St Mary’s College Sports Hall in Arklow over several decades with his late wife, Sadie, who died in December 2021.

A former sports coach and Community Games organiser from Co Wicklow, who is aged in his 90s, has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four young girls in Arklow over 30 years ago. James O'Reilly ...