#rio – London Olympic sailors Annalise Murphy and Peter O'Leary have been awarded €40,000 each in the annual allocation of funds by the Sports Council. Sailors were awarded a total of €168,000 with fellow London Olympians Ryan Seaton, Matt McGovern. James Espey and Scott Flannigan each picking up €12,000. Paralympic sailors John Twomey and Ian Costelloe also picked up €12,000 each.
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