The Irish Times

Ian O’Riordan: Magic of the mile never fails to thrill

Something and everything about this imperial distance still brings a smile to Irish sport

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00

Ian O’Riordan: Fionnuala McCormack lets her running do the talking

There is an honesty about the morning run beyond commitment to success

Sun Nov 21 2021 - 06:00

Djokovic the first among equals as he reaches major landmark

Serbian joins great rivals Federer and Nadal on 20 Grand Slams – and looks poised for further success

Mon Jul 12 2021 - 19:24

Ian O’Riordan: Running is the music and everything else is noise

I discovered an irresistible urge to get back to the Aran Islands and retrace my old footsteps along An Trá Mór

Sat Jun 05 2021 - 01:00

Agnes Keleti: Olympic gymnast great brings up the finest of centuries

Jewish Hungarian fled from the Nazis and starred on floor in Helsinki and Melbourne

Mon Jan 11 2021 - 13:36

Billy Morton’s Santry Stadium a beacon for sporting endeavour

If Minister of State for Sport Dara Calleary is looking for ideas, the old Santry sod a good start

Fri Jul 03 2020 - 18:01

Sonia O’Sullivan: How long before a woman runs a sub-four minute mile?

With so many variables it’s difficult to find that same sub-four moment for women

Thu May 14 2020 - 07:00

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge runs first ever sub two-hour marathon

34-year-old clocks historic time of one hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds in Vienna

Sat Oct 12 2019 - 10:13

The best of Eileen Battersby, from Tolstoy to Paul Simon

Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00

Roger Bannister broke a physical and psychological barrier

The first man to run the mile in under four minutes - on May 6th, 1954 - dies aged 88

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 10:16

Roger Bannister: first man to run sub-four minute mile dies aged 88

Bannister ran three minutes 59.4 seconds at Iffley Road track in Oxford on May 6th 1954

Sun Mar 04 2018 - 12:00

Sonia O’Sullivan: Mayo and Bulldogs bid for elusive glory

Australian Rules football grips the nation like Gaelic football final does in Ireland

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 07:45

David Attenborough: The force of nature at 90

As he celebrates his birthday, we survey the life and work of the world's greatest documentarian - from boyhood fossil collecting, giving Monty Python their big break, to thousands of animal encounters

Fri May 06 2016 - 11:09

Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile running shoes for sale

Shoes have estimate of £30,000-£50,000 at Christie’s ‘Out of the Ordinary’ auction

Sat Sept 05 2015 - 00:00

Four-minute mile Bannister reveals he has Parkinson’s

Athlete who became neurologist acknowleges the ‘gentle irony’ of having difficulty walking

Fri May 02 2014 - 10:10

Ian O’Riordan: Physical education central to developing academic excellence

Students who play sport through exam years end up with better grades, ESRI survey shows

Sat Apr 26 2014 - 06:00

Unflappable master of the TV sports show

David Coleman - Born: April 26th, 1926; Died: December 21st, 2013

Sat Jan 04 2014 - 09:41

Celebrating the enduring flair of the amateur

‘He (Pollock) passed me at 20 miles, absolutely on the rivet ... and his ability to hurt was absolutely incredible’

Sat Nov 30 2013 - 01:54

My Running Life: Senator Jimmy Harte

Tue Nov 12 2013 - 01:00

My Running Life: Séamus Moore

Tue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00

Riverdance team Fuse flamenco and fiddlers in new show

‘Heartbeat of Home’, a new dance show from the creators of ‘Riverdance’, with lyrics by Joseph O’Connor and music by Brian Byrne, is drawing a new musical map of Ireland

Sat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00

Lisa Dwan: ‘You can’t see. You can’t hear. Your head is in a harness. You can’t move your arms’

Performing Beckett’s ‘Not I’ involves being blindfolded, bound, and hovering on a platform in a pitch-black space. So why can’t Lisa Dwan leave it alone?

Mon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00