As we embark on the journey that will be 2014, there are so many topics I want to discuss but one keeps coming into my consciousness: the area of mental wellbeing for elite athletes.

6-3 was the final score when Ireland beat Italy to clinch their first ever women’s Six Nations title.

Sport is all about keeping score, identifying the winners and losers, and it takes no prisoners.

Track and field is an all-consuming sport to compete in at a high level.

As 2013 is drawing to a close, track and field athletes are busy preparing for the 2014 season.

For the recent visit of the All Blacks to the Aviva Stadium, I was on a radio panel with Irish legend David Wallace and Kiwi and Ulster player Nick Williams.

At 32, I’m considered to be in the prime of my professional life.

The announcement of Roy Keane as assistant manager to Martin O’Neill got me very excited.