Kate O'Connor

Irish athlete Kate O'Connor

Martina McCarthy: ‘I didn’t deliver on my potential. As a coach, you have to park that’

The Galway former Olympic sprinter talks about her role as senior S& coach to Ireland’s elite athletes

Sonia O’Sullivan: No time for complacency in athletics cycle that never stops

Big goal for many Irish athletes will be next year’s European Championships in England

Irish Olympic hopefuls have won 45 senior medals worldwide in 2025. Where did it all go right?

Three years out from the LA Olympics, new faces have emerged into a system that finally seems to be working

Ian O’Riordan: Extraordinary Tokyo performances raise standards again in Irish athletics

The 2025 World Championships saw Ireland’s athletes surpass all expectations, crowned by Kate O’Connor’s silver medal

Kate O’Connor: The making of a world heptathlon medal winner

The Dundalk woman’s success at the World Championships has drawn attention to the heptathlon and shown the benefits of a multi-events approach for young athletes

Sonia O’Sullivan: Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips proved what Irish athletes can do

But it’s back to the drawing board for the women’s 4x400m relay

Kate O’Connor receives hero’s welcome at Dundalk homecoming

Louth native claimed silver medal for Ireland in heptathlon at World Athletics Championships in Japan

Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips begin new chapter in Irish athletics history

Both athletes also broke their own Irish records at the World Athletics Championships

Silver lining for Kate O’Connor and relieved studio pundits despite injury alert

‘She looked considerably less stressed than the rest of us. But still, there were 800m to come’

The Irish Times view on Kate O’Connor’s silver medal: a remarkable achievement

To reach the podium at the highest level at this stage in her career bodes well for the future

Kate O’Connor dreaming bigger again after perfect season ends in Tokyo

Heptathlete shrugs off injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in history of World Championships

Kate O’Connor secures stunning silver while Cian McPhillips finishes fourth at World Championships

Dundalk heptathlete put aside injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in the history of the championships

In pictures: How Kate O’Connor won a heptathlon silver medal at the World Championships

Dundalk athlete records another personal best - her fifth in seven events - in the 800 metres in Tokyo

Irish athletes’ performance at World Championships allows us to dream again

Young athletes can be inspired by Ireland’s two medal chances going into penultimate day at Tokyo

Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips look to turn big dreams into medals at World Championships

Heptathlete goes into second day of action in silver-medal spot while McPhillips faces 800m heavyweights in final

Kate O’Connor looks to take next step in her rise at World Championships in Tokyo

Andrew Coscoran, Darragh McElhinney, and Brian Fay also go in Friday’s 5,000m heats

Sonia O’Sullivan: Irish athletes head to Tokyo under the radar, but don’t write them off

Without Rhasidat Adeleke and Ciara Mageean, spotlight falls on Kate O’Connor, Sarah Healy and Mark English

Irish expectations at the World Championships in Tokyo: ‘We’re not seeded to medal, let’s be frank about that’

Athletics Ireland Director of High Performance, Paul McNamara, believes there are still medal chances

Ireland team named for World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

Rhasidat Adeleke confirmed last week she would not be competing at the World Championships

What do Ireland’s medal prospects look like at the World Athletics Championships?

The withdrawal of Rhasidat Adeleke leaves a big hole to be filled in the women’s 4x400m relay

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