New Irish indoor records for Andrew Coscoran, Sarah Healy and Kate O’ConnorAndrew Coscoran nails the biggest victory of his career at grand prix in BostonMon Feb 03 2025 - 14:20
No sporting comeback is entirely risk-free, but always worth the gambleDonegal’s decorated Michael Murphy the latest sporting talisman to roll the dice a successful returnSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
Olympic Federation of Ireland confirms two candidates running to be new presidentSarah Keane will be succeeded by either Moira Aston or Lochlann WalshWed Nov 06 2024 - 12:08
National Cross-Country Championships switch to 7.5km for both senior racesAthletics Ireland make decision after European Cross-Country Championships cut men’s and women’s races from 9km to 7.5kmTue Nov 05 2024 - 15:22
Why is Ireland’s fastest marathon not the Irish marathon record?Hiko Tonosa ran 2:09:42 to finish third in Sunday’s Dublin Marathon, but John Treacy’s 2:09:15 from Boston deserves closer scrutinySat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Dublin Marathon organisers satisfied with improved entry uptake for Sunday’s eventJust over 18,000 of the 22,500 entries made it through the start line on Leeson StreetMon Oct 28 2024 - 17:21
Dublin Marathon: Hiko Tonosa runs fastest marathon by an Irishman to finish thirdAnn-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC defended her national in 2.34.05Sun Oct 27 2024 - 17:53
Proud day for Hiko Tonasa as he sets new Irish marathon recordTwenty-nine-year-old running for Dundrum South Dublin couldn’t contain his justified elation following a massive effortSun Oct 27 2024 - 17:27
Ann-Marie McGlynn interview: ‘I probably didn’t know what depression was before that ... and I remembered then why I loved running’Having won her first national underage title at age 13, at 43 the Offaly native claimed the national title by finishing fifth-best woman in the Dublin MarathonSat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Remembering Jerry Kiernan’s enduring influence on the Dublin MarathonA trip to Marlay Park this week brought back memories of the man who won the race twice, including at his first attempt in 1982Fri Oct 25 2024 - 14:53
Hugh Armstrong coming into Dublin Marathon with strong formBallina native upbeat about title prospects as ‘capable of running close to my best if we get a good day’ in the cityFri Oct 25 2024 - 06:00
Daniel Wiffen finds inspiration from Joyce on the next stage of his swimming odyssey The Olympic champion was in UCD on Wednesday evening to receive the James Joyce awardWed Oct 23 2024 - 20:39
Dublin Marathon 2024: Everything you need to know including start times, route map and new starting lineSunday will be the 43rd running of the Dublin MarathonMon Oct 21 2024 - 19:00
Why has the running world turned its back on the new women’s marathon world record?Athletics is finding it difficult to trust Ruth Chepngetich’s achievement, but Kenyan distance runners are now held in disreputeSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
The trials of Stephen Roche: ‘There are things I’ve done the last few years I’m not proud of’The Irish former world champion cyclist has lost his holiday business, his villa in the south of France, pension, investments and many of his closest associates. Does he have any regrets?Sat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
Dublin Marathon race director confident of doping safeguards for event‘Because it’s an elite event, you actually have to expand the testing afterwards ... we have all the controls in place’Tue Oct 15 2024 - 06:00
Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s world marathon record in ChicagoThe 30-year-old Kenyan takes almost two minutes off previous record set by Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia in BerlinSun Oct 13 2024 - 19:47
Few Irish athletes have displayed more resilience than Ciara MageeanCiara Mageean has been down a lonesome road at times, enough times to realise her career is still a long way from the finishSun Oct 13 2024 - 06:00
Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run takes us inside the broken family tiesFollow up to Team Ingebrigtsen is part family reality show, part training manual, part travelogue, and all about runningSun Oct 06 2024 - 02:00
A running pilgrimage around Ireland at age 50: ‘I managed to get through without even a single blister’After 68 days and just over 1,400 miles, Adharanand Finn reached his finish in Dublin last FridayFri Oct 04 2024 - 06:00
Gidey takes three minutes off his personal best to clock Irish half-marathon record in CopenhagenHugh Armstrong and Shona Heaslip crowned national half-marathon champions in CorkSun Sept 15 2024 - 16:47
Ian O’Riordan: The slow realisation of being once a runnerI had always read John L Parker Jr’s classic Once a Runner through the eyes and ears of the puma – not the sort of pussycat I have possibly becomeSat Sept 14 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke takes third in 400m Diamond League final after Salwa Eid Naser disqualifiedBahrain's Salwa Eid Naser was disqualified for lane infringementFri Sept 13 2024 - 19:18
John Coghlan: ‘There’s other talent as good, maybe even better, than Rhasidat Adeleke in Ireland’The Dublin sprint coach who got two of his athletes on to the Olympic podium in Paris in the same eventFri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke looks to end long season on a high in Diamond League final Irish runner will meet Marileidy Paulino and Salwa Eid Naser again in high-class 400m final in BrusselsThu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
Ellen Keane on retirement: ‘I need to figure out who I am, what I like, what I’m going to do’Swimmer admits she’s at peace with her decision to retire from competitive action at age 29Tue Sept 10 2024 - 17:00
Sharlene Mawdsley wins 400m at Swiss Galà dei Castelli meetIn her first outing since Paris, the Tipperary sprinter took first in 51.35 secondsMon Sept 09 2024 - 21:20
Cathal Doyle finishes eighth as Josh Kerr wins 5th Avenue Mile in New YorkBritain’s Kerr wins race in a course record that had stood since its first staging in 1981Sun Sept 08 2024 - 18:31
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the latest thrilling exponent of the ‘race hard, race often’ approachIt’s a pity world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won’t let us see her race against the best more frequentlySat Sept 07 2024 - 06:00
Sign of buoyant times as athletics clubs in Dublin struggle to meet demandRaheny Shamrock Athletic Club now has a long waiting list at certain juvenile levelsWed Sept 04 2024 - 18:36
The timely and welcome renaissance in Irish athletics field eventsJoyce’s success in Lima is a timely reminder that for all the talk of the need for better facilities and specialised coaches nothing beats a bit of old-school ingenuity and ambitionSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Oisín Joyce claims historic javelin bronze medal at World Under-20 Championships in Peru19-year-old from Ballinrobe becomes first Irish athlete to make podium in a throwing event at this levelFri Aug 30 2024 - 12:33
Elizabeth Ndudi finishes sixth in World Under-20 Championships despite injurySean Doggett finishes a tired-looking seventh in his 400m semi-final, while Fintan Dewhirst advances in 400m hurdlesThu Aug 29 2024 - 10:41
Sean Doggett advances to 400m semi-finals at World Under-20 Athletics ChampionshipsFintan Dewhirst reaches semi-finals of the 400m hurdlesWed Aug 28 2024 - 18:47
Elizabeth Ndudi makes long jump final at World Under-20 Champs in PeruUnderpar performance by the Irish jumper but through to Wednesday’s final as the last of 12 qualifiersTue Aug 27 2024 - 19:31
Rhasidat Adeleke echoes call for ‘lifelong consequences’ for athletes implicated in dopingIrish sprinter says she has analysed her fourth-place finish in the Olympics and is focused on getting betterTue Aug 27 2024 - 15:44
Oisín Joyce heading for Lima with a pep in his step Young Mayo javelin thrower Oisín Joyce already up to fourth on the Irish all-time senior list and now bound for the World Under-20 ChampionshipsTue Aug 27 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Diamond League on her return to actionNorway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks the world record in the 3,000m by three seconds during Poland meetSun Aug 25 2024 - 16:12
Paul O’Donovan writes another gold medal chapter in World Rowing historyLightweight single sculls title success at World Rowing Championships in Canada another milestone in Paul O'Donovan's extraordinary careerSun Aug 25 2024 - 15:47
Was Rhasidat Adeleke unfairly denied an Olympic bronze medal in Paris?Athletics Integrity Unit’s charge against Bahrain Athletics Association raises serious questions – including about the merit of Salwa Eid Naser’s Olympic 400m silver medalSat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
Bahrain charged with ‘serious anti-doping rule violations’ before Paris OlympicsCountry was limited to sending 10 athletes to Paris, one of which was 400m silver medalist Salwa Eid Naser, who was previously banned for a doping violationThu Aug 22 2024 - 12:48
An honourable track record: Ireland at the Olympics, 1924-2024A century after athletes first represented the Irish Free State at the Olympic Games in Paris, the largest and most ambitious Team Ireland travels to the French capital. The intervening 100 years have seen remarkable achievements by Irish sportspeopleThu Aug 22 2024 - 10:01
Irish sprinter Israel Olatunde to join Olympic champion Noah Lyles’s elite training groupOlatunde is moving to Florida to join group coached by Lance Brauman after breaking his own 100m record last SundayWed Aug 21 2024 - 15:05
Siobhán McCrohan gets defence of her world title under way in impressive styleIrish rower won the third of four heats comfortably, going straight into Friday’s semi-finalsTue Aug 20 2024 - 18:25
Michael Darragh Macauley named new chief executive of Sanctuary Runners Former Dublin footballer takes over from Graham Clifford, who is now developing the organisation internationallyTue Aug 20 2024 - 06:00
Israel Olatunde eyeing magical 10-second barrier as he sets new Irish 100m record Israel Olatunde targeting 10-second barrier after he clips .05 off his own former mark of 10.17 to set new Irish 100m record of 10.12 at Newham in London on SundayMon Aug 19 2024 - 19:26
Paul O’Donovan sets second fastest time in World Rowing Championships heatsIrish rower back in action in the single sculls as Italy’s Niels Torre sets new lightweight world recordSun Aug 18 2024 - 20:19
Ian O’Riordan: Athletics deserves a bigger share of the sport funding pieThe stats show just how difficult athletics medals are to win at Olympic level and our top athletes deserve all the funding help they can getSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
Athletics facilities: Dublin well-served but Cork among large parts of the country severely lackingParis Olympic review: Though now basking in our athletes’ recent success, we can expect a renewed focus on facilities, funding and coaching to be high on the agendaThu Aug 15 2024 - 05:15
Fionnuala McCormack finishes 28th in Olympics marathon as Sifan Hassan makes historyWicklow runner becomes first Irish woman to compete in five Olympic GamesSun Aug 11 2024 - 13:07
