The 26-year-old became the first Irish winner of the Morton Mile for 18 years 

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“If you look at any sport – Formula 1, football teams, Dublin football or Limerick hurling – the more funding a sport gets, obviously success becomes easier to achieve.” 

Louise Shanahan is among the athletes set to receive support from the Jerry Kiernan Foundation, which was set up by Kiernan’s friend Murt Coleman to honour the late coach’s memory

The Limerick athlete producing the performances of her life on Saturday to power into the world indoor final

Both the men's and women's teams narrowly missed out on places in the 4x400m finals

Bandon athlete had won her heat earlier in the day

Healy battled a bout of Covid last week and delayed her journey to Belgrade to put in one last “tester session” on Tuesday, which she said went “crap”. She considered withdrawing from the individual 400m as a result but together with coach Shane McCormack, she decided she had “nothing to lose” by lining up today.

Andrew Coscoran bids to build on an impressive 12 months at this weekend's World Indoor Championships 

“I didn’t have a sports psychologist and once I started going to one, things really started to look up."

After a horrific series of injuries, Brian Gregan is back in an Irish vest at the World Indoors in Belgrade this weekend

At the start of the year, Molly Scott cut out three paper digits, brushed across them in gold paint, then sellotaped them to the back of her phone.

The 22-year-old Carlow sprinter clocked 7.19 in Abbotstown today to take the national indoor 60m title with ease

When Murt Coleman sat down with his sons last year and thought of ways to honour the memory of Jerry Kiernan, he began by figuring out ways to continue the Olympian’s life’s work.

The 2020 and 2021 editions fell victim to Covid restrictions but organisers are confident that all systems are go for a return to the streets o the capital.

Why are so many women either unable or unwilling to commit to top-level coaching? For Lilly-Ann O’Hora, Athletics Ireland’s women in sport officer, there are two main reasons

If there’s one thing 25-year-old Coscoran has learned, it’s that the best in the world are no different to him

Mungret man Long’s phenomenal recall, energy, and enthusiasm for Irish athletics will stir many fond memories for the legions of volunteers and unpaid administrators who have soldiered in the same trenches

Soccer is back on top as Ireland’s favourite sport, sharing top spot with Gaelic Games

On and off the track, it was a year that tested Ciara Mageean to her limits.

Underage medals are one thing, but Sonia O’Sullivan knows there’s a huge chasm separating that from senior success.

The shortlist marks another milestone to conclude a landmark year for women's sport, with six women among the eight nominees for the RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year award

McElhinney brought a rapturous noise from the 7,000-strong crowd as he hit the front approaching the final lap of the men’s 8000m event at the Sport Ireland Campus

McElhinney led home the Irish finishers with Keelan Kilrehill in sixth followed by Michael Power (13th), Donal Devane (40th), Jamie Battle (44th) and Thomas Devaney (67th).

If it wasn’t for bad luck this year, Darragh McElhinney would have had no luck at all.

The RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year shortlist features six history-making women among the eight nominees

At first they thought he was lying. It just didn’t make any sense. When 16-year-old Nick Griggs entered a 5000m race in Belfast back in May, looking to line up against some of the best Irish seniors, event organiser Seamus McCann was dubious, to say the least. The rest is history

Cork athlete Finn carved a whopping nine seconds off her best in the 3000m steeplechase in June and won her first National Cross Country Championships last month

McCormack’s previous best was in Chicago in 2019, and earlier this year she finished 25th in the Olympic marathon in Sapporo

Among the 25 images to be nominated, which feature in the gallery below, were those by Morgan Treacy of Inpho and Clodagh Kilcoyne of Reuters

Named alongside McCormack is Michelle Finn, who won her first national cross country title on Sunday, along with Aoibhe Richardson, Aoife Cooke, and twin sisters Eilish and Roisin Flanagan

It made it a double on the day for coach Feidhlim Kelly, who guides Tonosa and Finn

In March last year, Hiko Tonosa received his Irish citizenship at a ceremony in Killarney and as grateful as he was for the opportunities it presented, what most excited him was the chance to represent his adopted nation at major championships. “I gave everything for my running,” he says

The 37-year-old struck gold in the senior women’s race in 2011 and 2012

The Kilkenny distance runner had just completed a master’s in public health at the University of San Francisco and, with her lease expired, she was sleeping on a friend’s couch as she figured out her next move

Tirop, 25, was found dead at her home in Iten in western Kenya on Wednesday, a town renowned as a training base for distance runners.

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The 2021 SPAR European Cross Country Championships will take place at the Sport Ireland Campus on Sunday, December 12th.

Gillick isn't optimistic about Paris 2024 but feels many Irish athletes have time on their side 

The 35-year-old from Kildare, classified as T53 but racing against mostly T54 athletes, finished in a time of 1:32.54, four places higher than his Paralympic debut in Rio five years ago and in very different conditions

There was the typical blend of heartbreak and heroism, a slew of stories that made all those who gave it their time feel that bit better about humanity. These are the 10 things we’ll remember most

McKillop has called time on his Paralympic career after enduring bitter disappointment in the T38 1500m final in Tokyo

Last year Fitzgerald shared a house with Olympic rowing champion Paul O’Donovan, Tipperary hurler Paddy Caddell, and Munster Rugby’s Scott Buckley

Cork discus thrower McCarthy said: “I know other people were expecting better things but it’s been a very hard few years so just to make it here and to have a few good throws... I’m really proud of myself.”