From The Cowshed to Abbotstown: the odyssey of the Irish Indoor Championships Irish athletics has come a long way since the humble beginnings of the event in rural North TipperarySat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Sunday’s session of National Indoor Championships sells out Tickets for Saturday’s session still available as popularity of athletics continues to grow Thu Feb 20 2025 - 15:17
‘I think I’m listening more to my body’: Sharlene Mawdsley on the changes made since the Paris Olympics The 26-year-old Tipperary athlete has joined the training group of UK coach Tony LesterWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s work, train, sleep, there’s not a lot of time for anything else’: Sarah Leahy on her chase for another Irish sprint title The 25-year-old is also part of the Irish women’s 4x100m relay squad aiming for World Championship qualificationMon Feb 17 2025 - 19:03
National Football League: Donegal take big win over 14-man Armagh, Mayo best Tyrone in CastlebarAidan Forker sees red for Armagh in BallybofeySun Feb 16 2025 - 16:33
Monitoring Ozempic use in sport: the miracle drug that surely swerves the doping code?The World Anti-Doping Agency has added the active ingredient semaglutide to its watch-list for 2025Sun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
Sarah Healy beats own Irish indoor record to take second in Keely Klassic 1500m in BirminghamDubliner now ranked second fastest in Europe over 1,500m and 3,000mSat Feb 15 2025 - 19:24
Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor mile record in FranceNorwegian takes just under a second and a half off Yared Nuguse’s mark set last SaturdayThu Feb 13 2025 - 21:33
Efrem Gidey targeting another Irish record at ‘the world’s fastest' 5km in ArmaghNow in its 33rd year, the Catherdal City event is unrivalled in its depth of fast 5km timesWed Feb 12 2025 - 18:20
GAA league Sunday as it happened: Limerick beat Tipperary for first win of campaignWaterford, Dublin and Offaly claim wins in Division 1B encountersSun Feb 09 2025 - 18:12
Andrew Coscoran sets new overall Irish mile mark at Millrose Games in New YorkDubliner beat both Eammon Coghlan’s indoor and Ray Flynn’s outdoor records that have stood for over 40 years Sun Feb 09 2025 - 13:32
Running up that dune: How Keely Hodgkinson follows in the training footsteps of the greatsSand dune training has drifted in and out of popularity, with Ronnie Delany and Steve Ovett tapping into powder powerSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Fintan McCarthy on moving up to heavyweight rowing: ‘It should work out, as long as we don’t get too fat'Lightweight rowing is not part of the LA Games in 2028, which means the Cork rower must adaptWed Feb 05 2025 - 19:21
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
