Sportstar of the Week winners

January

John Cooney (Rugby) Ed Joyce (Cricket) Donnacha Ryan (Rugby) Mark Allen (Snooker)

February

Mike Bonaparte (Basketball) Aisling Sullivan (Basketball) Johnny Sexton (Rugby) Con O’Callaghan (Football) Dan Casey (Soccer)

March

Chris Farrell (Rugby) Chris Hughton (Soccer) Davy Russell (Racing) Ireland team (Rugby) Sean Moran (Hurling)

April

Ciaran Kilkenny (Football) TJ Reid (Hurling) Davy Russell (Racing) Willie Mullins (Racing)

May

Katie Taylor (Boxing) Sinead Aherne (Football) Sam Bennett (Cycling) Kevin O’Brien (Cricket) Rory Beggan (Football)

June

Paul Broderick (Football) Phil Healy (Athletics) Peter Duggan (Hurling) Shane Walsh (Football) Johnny Sexton (Rugby)

July

Joseph O’Brien (Racing) Donnacha O’Brien (Racing) Mark Coleman (Hurling) Sarah Healy (Athletics) Dan Martin (Cycling) Patience Jumbo-Gula, Ciara Neville, Molly Scott, Gina Akpe-Moses, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sommer Lecky (Athletics)

Irish women’s team (Hockey)

August

Nickie Quaid (Hurling) Ayeisha McFerran (Hockey) Thomas Barr (Athletics) TJ Doheny (Boxing) Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics)

Kyle Hayes (Hurling) Brian McGrath (Hurling)

September

Jack McCaffrey (Football) Orla Cotter (Camogie) Lyndsey Davey (Football) Sanita Puspure (Rowing) Gary and Paul O’Donovan (Rowing)

Chris Shields (Soccer)

October

Donnacha O’Brien (Racing) Patrick Hoban (Soccer) James Lowe (Rugby) Tim Hammersley (Hurling)

November

Mick Clohisey (Athletics) Lizzie Lee (Athletics) Pauric Mahony (Hurling) Gavin Moynihan (Golf) James Ryan (Rugby) Kellie Harrington (Boxing)