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LAST UPDATE | 29 Jul 2024
MONA MCSHARRY HAS won a Bronze medal for Ireland in the 100m breaststroke at the Olympics.
The 23-year-old Sligo woman swam the 100m breaststroke final in Paris La Defense Arena tonight.
It is the first medal in Olympic swimming for Ireland in 28 years.
McSharry’s time was 1.05.59.
She finished only narrowly behind silver medallist Tang Qianting of China (1.05.54) and gold medallist Tatjana Smith of South Africa (1.05.28).
In the semi-final, McSharry swam a personal best time of 1.05.51, ahead of two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King, who came tied fourth in the final this evening.
Speaking after the race before the medal ceremony, McSharry said that it hadn’t fully sunk in yet that she has won a medal. “I think once I get up on the podium it’ll all become real.”
“I think it’s just amazing because years of hard work have paid off. It just feels amazing,” she said.
She said there was “a little bit of relief” and “a little bit of wow, okay, this is actually happening, and then just really excited to be in that position”.
She said that during the race, she “could see the Chinese girl beside me and so I knew she was ahead of me, so I was like right I need to try and catch her because if she’s ahead then I don’t know what’s going on on the other side, I can’t see that”.
“I had a bad first 50, my goggles filled up with water a little bit, so not a perfect race but I think it just shows that you’re in it until the end, you just have to keep going, and I was like I’m not giving up, I’m going, I’m going.
“I think there was 0.1 between me and the next two swimmers, so that’s kind of crazy. But that’s what racing’s about, close finishes.”
Additional reporting by Lauren Boland
Still better than half the dumps on daft in Dublin city.
At about the same price and all.
Did ya give her a good wash ?
1500 a month is not bad when you include WiFi, Cable tv and a cleaner/butler. Gym included. This is what our city’s need. They look pretty cool IMO
Swankier and bigger than my first bedsit! lol
I like the way a cleaner comes in once a week as standard.
Was expecting worse, can only imagine what they’ll be like in 20years time
Could do with these in dublin 500 would be snapped up in hours..
Well its official the future will in fact be like The 5th Element…
Exactly what came to mind, haha.
I’d take it if it comes with a Lelu in the shower…
So rich people’s homes are getting bigger and the ordinary everyday person’s home gets smaller and smaller and some people are OK with that? The problem is not with people building them, it’s with people buying them. I hope that if anything like this gets built in Dublin that people don’t buy them. They only serve to maximise profits for the developer and nothing else.
Currently living in NYC and paying $1000 to live with 4 other people in an apartment with no living room and a shared bathroom. I’d 100% be up for living in one of these.
Adly needed in dublin they would be snapped up in hours… look nice for a micro apartment
roof over the head. all the essentials, heat, water, toilet, kitchen, electriciy etc what more do you u need. id be happy out living there. close to work/college etc. this is the way its going to have to go. 7 billion people on this planet and increasing. 5th element is imminent :-)
Great idea, with all that space down by the Dublin docklands these would be ideal for students and those entering the workforce, they would hold there value and always be in demand…
A much better use of space that what you have in the surrounding areas of the city centre, large houses with front and back gardens, usually only 1 elderly person living in them in a lot of the most expensive houses..
You could go a little stir crazy if you did much more than sleep in such a micro apartment.
That’s a burglar in pic 1.
A single’s pad for someone with very little possessions, very few books, no need to entertain visitors and able to manage lean living.
Could be OK if you were just to use it as second residence for the working week or something though?
Jenga with caravans.
Kitchen ‘slash’ bathroom
Bigger than some apts in Seoul
What does Alan Kelly think of these spacious accommodations? That’s the lad to chop off a few metres.
Minister Kelly was genuinely dismissive of these rabbit hutches.
He said that he could do smaller by taking plans of prison cells in Mountjoy and doing a variation on these. He is considering contracting this out to DO B
Minister Kelly explained that the more separate households the more households to pay water charges.
“large windows that slide open on to a false balcony” – sounds dangerous- open door on to what I think is a balcony and put my foot out into open air and fall 10 storeys?
If you were on your own you wouldn’t want anything bigger. It’s only birds that want gaffs so big there’s rooms you don’t even go in to and you spend half of one of your days the weekend cleaning the kip
I have a bigger caravan
In New York?
Yes I pulled in there on top of the trump tower last week. I be selling a few gate tomorrow if your interested sir
1500 is a great price for NYC
Nice.
It’s in Kips Bay :)
City living for singles or first time renters of the future
Now try bringing this concept to Ireland, and everyone loses their minds…
First dates would be most efficient. From popcorn and soda, to making bacon at the switch of a button…
I need to go the toilet
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