A number of country changes have been flagged up by the Irish Championships, which were held over the past two days in Dundee, Scotland.
http://www.iceresultsuk.org.uk/Dundee/2025/IrishChampionships/
All of the Ladies Singles skaters that actually competed were new arrivals to the Irish team. The preview article posted on Friday to the ISAI website has brief summaries about all the competitors, which explains the backgrounds of the new team members:
https://isai.ie/irish-figure-skaters-set-to-close-out-season-at-nationals/
There was only one entry in Advanced Novice Ladies. Lexie GRAHAM (Carlow) has switched from France to Ireland.
Moving onto Junior Ladies, and the winner, Julianna FARRELL (Cork), has switched from America to Ireland.
I hadn't come across either of those girls before. But I am familiar with the other new team member.
You know how, ever since Milla O'Brien (the Swiss born and raised Ice Dancer with a Finnish mother and an Irish father) split with her partner Laurin Wiederkehr, I have been advocating for Milla to switch to Ireland when she finds a new partner. Well, when trawling through results from Swiss domestic events for their Fan Fest (which never got posted because they announced their split a day or two after I finished compiling it), I found that Milla has sisters that also skate competitively. And one of them was competing in her first Irish Nationals.
The Junior Ladies Silver Medallist, Eeva O'BRIEN (Wicklow), has switched from Switzerland to Ireland.
I don't know what the status currently is of the third sister, Kiira O'BRIEN.
I know I said this before when I first came across Milla, but I will say it again now about all three O'Brien girls. I love the way that their parents have given them Finnish first names to go with their Irish surname. It's a lovely way to honour their heritage from both countries.
Incidentally, Milla is still on Ice Partner Search. I hope she finds a partner soon. She is too good to be on the sidelines.
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