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Woman pledges to walk 50 miles around her garden for cancer charity

A 74-year-old woman has pledged to walk laps of her garden until she clocks up almost 50 miles, all in aid of the charity which assisted her husband when he had cancer.

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Fionnuala McCormack to carry Ireland's medal hopes as Euro cross country team named

Fionnuala McCormack will carry the medal hopes for the Irish at the European Cross Country on Sunday, December 8, the 35-year-old announced on an Irish team of 40 for the event in Lisbon.

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Athlone primed for All-Ireland athletics action

Ireland’s best young athletes are in Athlone this weekend while the nation’s best masters have been flying the flag in Daegu.

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Fionnuala McCormack and Shona Heaslip power to fine victories

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Leevale women lead the way in road relays

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English and Travers progress to semis; Everard bows out

Heffernan to lead Irish athletics team in Europe

Rob Heffernan will lead an Irish team of 25 athlete’s to Zurich for next months Europeans, which take place from August 12 – 17.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2014

Ciarán racing for Euro place

Ciarán Ó Lionáird believes he has nothing to lose going into the 1500m showdown for a plane ticket to Zurich at the GloHealth National Track and Field Championships in Morton Stadium this weekend.

Sat, 19 Jul, 2014

McCambridge replaces Cullen for Euro Cross-Country Championships

By Will Downing

Wed, 27 Nov, 2013

Gregan, Ó Lionaird win heats in good opening session for Ireland in Gothenburg

A hugely positive opening morning session for Irish athletes at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg has seen Brian Gregan and Ciarán Ó Lionaird win their heats, with Derval O’Rourke progressing through also to tonight’s sprint hurdles semi-finals.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2013

O’Sullivan urges athletes to raise expectations indoors

Sonia O’Sullivan believes success “should be expected” by Irish athletes at the European Indoor Championships, which begin this morning in Gothenburg.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2013

Britton plays down talk of Swede success as focus remains on worlds

European Cross Country champion Fionnuala Britton is playing down her chances at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg this weekend.

Tue, 26 Feb, 2013

Team for Indoor Athletics Championships revealed

A strong team of 11 has named to represent Ireland at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, which get underway in Gothenburg on Friday.

Mon, 25 Feb, 2013

Freddy rules the road on Leeside

Freddy Keron denied Sergui Ciobanu a notable three-in-a-row triumph when the Kenyan broke the course record to win yesterday’s sixth edition of the Cork City Marathon since it was revived in 2007.

Tue, 05 Jun, 2012

Kenyan Kearon wins Cork City Marathon

Freddy Kearon has won the sixth annual Cork City Marathon today in a record time of 2:22:11.

Mon, 04 Jun, 2012

‘Marathon Man’ returns to old stomping ground

DICK HOOPER, Ireland’s Marathon Man, will be at his old stomping ground, St Anne’s Park in Raheny, tomorrow to present the prizes for the Dublin City Council/BHAA road races when the programme will be comprised of a men’s four-mile race and women’s two mile race.

Fri, 09 Apr, 2010

Athletics Ireland reveals European Cross Country teams

Athletics Ireland today announced a 36-strong team for the European Cross Country Championships which take place on December 9 in Toro, Spain.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2007

Double award delight for O’Keeffe

KILKENNY’S Eileen O’Keeffe was the big winner at Saturday night’s inaugural Athletics Ireland National Athletics awards in Dublin.

Mon, 19 Nov, 2007

Hackett to transform Irish athletics

BRENDAN HACKETT, a well known figure in Irish sport, has been selected as the Chief Executive of the Athletics Association of Ireland.

Tue, 18 Oct, 2005

Special eight named world class by AAI

EIGHT sportspeople have been named in the Athletics Ireland’s World Class Panel, a key component of the Association’s new Performance Plan.

Fri, 01 Jul, 2005

Confident Cragg ponders double bid

EUROPEAN gold medallist Alistair Cragg is considering an audacious attempt at the 4km and 12km titles on successive days at the World Cross-Country Championships in Saint-Etienne/Saint-Galmier next weekend.

Tue, 15 Mar, 2005

Connolly pips Lombard in sprint finish

THE fact that AAI won’t be sending short course teams to the world cross-country championships in Brussels next month may have taken some of the gloss of yesterday’s championships at ALSAA, near Dublin Airport, but the keenness of the competition was reflected in sprint finishes to both the men’s and women’s races.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2004

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