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<p>Ciarán Ó Lionáird died in Canada earlier this month. He had planned to run his first marathon in July. Pic: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE</p>

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Ciarán Ó Lionáird remembered as 'dreamer' with 'uncommon intensity and care'

Mourners at his funeral service in Inchigeela heard Ciarán Ó Lionáird was a driven, world class athlete but also a creative soul who never forgot his roots.

<p>Sharlene Mawdsley finished third in the 400m at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, a race won by Lurdes Gloria Manuel from Czechia. Pic: Sona Maleterova/Getty Images)</p>

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Sharlene Mawdsley takes third in Ostrava as Mark English breaks Irish 1000m record

<p>Ciarán Ó Lionáird won 3000m bronze for Ireland at the 2013 European Indoor Athletics Championships. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</p>

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Tributes paid after death of 'exceptional athlete' Ciarán Ó Lionáird

World Indoor Athletics Championships - Day One

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English sprints to second in Rome as Healy returns to action

Cork City Marathon: Winner Evelyn Twomey returns as tailwalker, happy to go from first to last

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Cork City Marathon: Winner Evelyn Twomey returns as tailwalker, happy to go from first to last

Sophie Becker and Sharlene Mawdsley 2/5/2026

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Sharlene Mawdsley surge not enough on disappointing day for Ireland at World Relays

123.ie National Juvenile Championships - Day 2

Kilkenny teen Molly Daly chasing Irish athletics history at World Relays

18-year-old Kilkenny sprinter Molly Daly could be the third generation of her family to represent Ireland if she takes to the track at the World Relays

Sat, 02 May, 2026

World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026 - Day Three

How turning down Texas shaped Kate O'Connor's path to the top

At just 25, O'Connor is already one of Ireland's most successful athletes. This year, she could add Commonwealth Games and European Championship medals to an already impressive haul

Mon, 27 Apr, 2026

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John Korir smashes Boston Marathon record and Sharon Lokedi also repeats

Korir and Lokedi each won $150,000 and a gilded olive wreath sent from the plains of Marathon, Greece. Korir will receive another $50,000 for the course record.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2026

World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026 - Day Three

Fortnight before winning world bronze, Kate O'Connor was struggling to walk

Earlier this month, Kate O'Connor developed an issued with her knee which meant she was struggling to walk. An Achilles tendon issued then followed

Sun, 22 Mar, 2026

World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026 - Day One

Mark English misses out on 800m decider after finishing fourth in World Indoor semi-final

Having led with a lap to go, English didn’t have enough over the last 200m to secure one of the top-two qualifying spots for Sunday’s final

Sat, 21 Mar, 2026

Sarah Lavin after finishing fourth 7/3/2025

Sarah Lavin and Kate O'Connor shine bright at National Indoor Championships

It was no surprise that Lavin, the hurdles specialist and a two-time world indoor finalist, again continued her domestic dominance, powering to her eighth national indoor title in 8.07

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

123.ie National Indoor Athletics Championships Launch

World Indoors on horizon for Galway's Emma Moore in breakthrough season

After a few years of setbacks, Emma Moore has figured out what she needs to fuel her body and performances

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 6

Cian McPhillips to miss World Indoors following dental issue

McPhillips, who had a breakthrough season in 2025, was shaping up to be a medal contender at the World Indoors in Poland

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

Andrew Coscoran during the race 17/9/2025

Coscoran breaks Irish indoor 1500m record in Liévin

Coscoran attacked the race in aggressive fashion, slotting in behind Nader as they passed 800m in around 1:52

Thu, 19 Feb, 2026

Aston Villa v Manchester United - Premier League - Villa Park

S Colin Sheridan: Jim Ratcliffe’s comments a symptom of football's billionaire problem

Remarks that the UK has been overwhelmed by immigration are not just morally egregious, they are dangerous.

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026

European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 - Day Three

Bori Akinola smashes Irish 60m record in Belgrade

The 24-year-old UCD athlete took three hundredths of a second off the record set by Israel Olatunde in 2023

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

World Indoor Athletics Championships - Day One

Mark English takes another big chunk off his Irish 800m indoor record

Donegal native English looks primed to contend at the World Indoors in March

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Mark English during the race 7/8/2024

Mark English smashes own national indoor 600m record at Abbotstown

Elsewhere, Sarah Leahy set an Irish record over 50m at the Meeting Indoor Iocarnese in Switzerland, clocking 6.41 to beat Paralympic medallist Orla Comerford

Wed, 14 Jan, 2026

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 4

McLaughlin-Levrone, Thomas among those owed six figures by bankrupt Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track was founded by US Olympic legend Michael Johnson

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Callum Morgan, Lughaidh Mallon, Nick Griggs, Jonas Stafford, and Niall Murphy celebrate with their medals on the podium 14/12/20

Gold for Griggs, senior silver for men, as Ireland claims four medals at Euro Cross Country

Griggs has now won an astonishing eight medals at the European Cross Country. There was also gold for the men's U23s, senior silver for the men, and a bronze for 16-year-old Emma Hickey in the women's U20 race

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

2025 sporting moments in pictures

S Cathal Dennehy: The unofficial athletics awards 2025

Cathal Dennehy talks us through his awards as the year comes to an end.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

123.ie National Cross Country Championships Launch

S Cathal Dennehy: Allen finds calm in cross-country after whirlwind year of motherhood

It’s just under 15 months since the Leevale athlete gave birth to her daughter, Lily, and since then running has had to be demoted in her list of priorities.

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 2

S Cathal Dennehy: Fionnuala McCormack might be the most underappreciated star in Irish sport

Wouldn’t it be great if the Dublin Marathon organisers could put an appearance fee on the table that’d make it worth Fionnuala McCormack’s while to line up in the coming years?

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025

20th European Athletics Championships - Friday 30th July

S Cathal Dennehy: Raw and insightful, David Gillick's story of a race well run

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.

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

SPAR European Cross Country Championships Previews

'They didn't know anything about him': Corkman Curtin had South Korean commentators scrambling

Fearghal Curtin won the Gyeongju International Marathon in a new Irish record.

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025

World Athletics Championships Oregon22 - Day Seven

S Cathal Dennehy: Athletics Integrity Unit's scorched earth policy paying off in war that can't be won

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

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

World Athletics Championships Oregon22 - Day Four

Laura Muir’s former athletics coach Andy Young gets three-year ban for serious misconduct

Andy Young’s ‘bullying’ has led to a ban backdated to April 2023. His actions included abandoning athlete by roadside

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Greta Streimikyte 28/9/2025

Streimikyte and Comerford strike double gold for Ireland at World Para Athletics Championships

Comerford set a new championship record in the T13 100m.

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

Team Ireland Athletics Pre-Games Training Camp Announcement - Fontainebleu

'It’s a seismic change' - Paul McNamara reflects on the rise of Irish athletics

McNamara points to improved connectivity between athlete-coach pairings, high-performance staff and support services. Increased investment has been key.

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 8

S Kieran Shannon: Kate O’Connor proves she belongs among the world's best all-rounders

Kate O’Connor’s silver medal in the Tokyo heptathlon was more than a podium finish. It confirmed her place among the world’s most complete athletes, in a discipline that demands speed, strength, endurance, and resilience in equal measure.

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

A Unifil flag fluttering over Southern Lebanon

Irish Examiner view: United Nations a long way from what is required

Today, the UN looks far from the organisation once described by the second secretary general, Norwegian Trygve Lie, as having been created 'not to bring us to heaven, but to save us from hell'

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 9

This is the golden age — Ireland has never had a World Championships like this

What the 28-strong team did at the Japan National Stadium was simply exceptional

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Cian McPhillips celebrates winning the semi-final ahead of Max Bergin as he crosses the finish line setting a new national recor

S Cathal Dennehy: Cian McPhillips' talent was hiding in plain sight, now everyone can see it

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.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 8

Kate O'Connor still on track to win heptathlon medal after 'solid' long jump

Kate O'Connor is in fourth place heading into the javelin and 800m, the final two events of the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships. She is on course to win Ireland's first medal at the championships in 12 years.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 7

Spectacular day one puts Kate O'Connor firmly in heptathlon medal hunt at Worlds

O'Connor set personal bests in the 100m hurdles, high jump and 200m. She is second in the standings heading into day two.

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Day 4 - World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

S 'I’m training in the streets': Palestine’s lone Worlds athlete pleads for end to genocide

Mohammed Dwedar hopes to travel to Germany for a training block ahead of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Saudi Arabia in November. "I can get a medal for Palestine," he said. "It will be difficult, but I can do it."

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Day 2

Almost 41 and mother of three, Fionnuala McCormack rallies again to finish ninth in World Championship marathon

Elsewhere in Tokyo Sunday, Nicola Tuthill reached the final of the women’s hammer, Andrew Coscoran advanced to the 1500m semi-finals and Sarah Lavin survived an early scare to power into the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles.

Sun, 14 Sep, 2025

World Athletics Championships Oregon22 - Day Three

S Cathal Dennehy: Meet the Mongolian marathon runner who just keeps showing up

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.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Adeleke absence diminishes Irish Worlds hopes, fears Heffernan

Adeleke absence diminishes Irish Worlds hopes, fears Heffernan

Rob Heffernan would love to pass on mantle as Ireland's last medalist at a World Athletics Championships

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2024

S Five stars who could light up the World Athletics Championships

American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won bronze at the Olympics last year but has returned in 2025 looking an altogether different prospect.

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Cork's McElhinney and Nicholson among four Irish athletes to receive World Championship invitations

Cork's McElhinney and Nicholson among four Irish athletes to receive World Championship invitations

The 28-athlete team will be the biggest Ireland has ever sent to the championships.

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

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S Cathal Dennehy: Grand Slam Track made big promises but now looks a busted flush

When Grand Slam Track cancelled their event in LA ending its season early, it posted that they “have been and will be a league dedicated to transparency.” That’s up for debate.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Rhasidat Adeleke after finishing fourth 9/8/2024

Rhasidat Adeleke to miss World Championships due to 'injuries and continuous setbacks'

Adeleke had qualified for next month’s World Championships in Tokyo in both the 200m and 400m.

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

Cathal Dennehy: The record-breaking run that still bonds four Irish athletics greats

S Cathal Dennehy: The record-breaking run that still bonds four Irish athletics greats

In August 1985, Eamonn Coghlan, Marcus O’Sullivan, Frank O’Mara and Ray Flynn broke the world 4 x mile record at Belfield to raise money for famine ravaged Ethiopia.

Sat, 16 Aug, 2025

World Athletics Championships Oregon22 - Day Two - Eugene

US sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures

Kerley is a two-time Olympic 100m medallist and was 100m world champion in 2022.

Tue, 12 Aug, 2025

2025 World Athletics Relays - Day 2

Conor Kelly wins 400m gold for Ireland at Euro U20 Championships

Kelly is the ninth Irish athlete to have won gold at the championships

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Five

Anika Thompson strikes gold as Nicola Tuthill wins silver at European U-23 Championships

Thompson was raised in Oregon but qualifies to represent Ireland through her Cork grandparents while Tuthill hails from Kilbrittain.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

World Athletics Championships 2023 - Day 2

Ciara Mageean reveals she has been diagnosed with cancer

The European 1500m champion and Olympian announced on Friday evening that she has been diagnosed with cancer and has already started treatment.

Sat, 05 Jul, 2025

2025 World Athletics Relays - Day 2

Jack Raftery and Sharlene Mawdsley impress for Ireland at European Team Championships

Ireland are in the hunt for promotion at the European Team Championship.

Sat, 28 Jun, 2025