Reports of the culture at Rowing Ireland have put high performance coaching under the spotlight here.

The 19-year-old from Limerick won the national marathon title in Dublin in 2:34:12 last weekend.

Those who David Gillick's autobiography will come away with a deeper understanding of elite athletics and what it took to become one of Ireland’s greatest sprinters.

Three-time Olympian, Shane Ryan, was announced as the latest recruit for the Enhanced Games this week.

Eight years after its creation, the Athletics Integrity Unit has transformed track and field’s fight against doping, from exposing once untouchable stars to challenging lenient rulings

At the recent World Athletics Championships, I thought this would be a hot topic. I thought wrong.

Could I go one - or more -- better than a fourth-placed finish last time out? 

At events like the World Championships, it's easy to tell when an Irish athlete is making a big impact: journalists from other nations start asking about them. He goes in the 800m final at 2:22pm on Saturday. 

Ser-Od Bat-Ochir has run at 12 straight World Athletics Championships and six straight Olympic Games. On Monday morning, he will be on the line at this year's championships in Toyko. 

That’s not being negative, just realistic, and only one Irish athlete looks to have true medal potential: Kate O’Connor.