No Paul O'Donovan as Ireland crews named for 2025 World Rowing Cup
Paul O'Donovan will not feature for Rowing Ireland at the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne as the crews are named for the 2025 event.
Bronze medal winners at the European Rowing Championships Fintan McCarthy and Daire Lynch will row in the M2x while in the M4x will see Ronan Byrne, Brian Colsh, Adam Murphy and Andrew Sheehan compete.
Fiona Murtagh, who won silver in the European Rowing Championships, and Alison Bergin will compete in the W1x with Siobhán McCrohan going in the LW1x event.
Margaret Cremen and Zoe Hyde are paired for the W2x. Claire Feerick, Aisling Hayes, Imogen Magner and Natalie Long will row in the foursome W4 event.
In the PR2 Mix2x Sadhbh Ní Laoighaire and Tiernan O'Donnell will team up and will compete in the PR3 category for classification pruposes.
The competition will take place from June 27-29. Speaking ahead of the competition High Performance Lead Coach Dominic Casey said 'Lucerne is one of the standout events in the rowing calendar.
"The squad selected brings together a mix of youth and experience, and it's a key opportunity for us to benchmark against world-class crews as we look ahead to the next major test.'
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