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2024 European Athletics Championships - Day One
S Tommy Martin: What are the secrets of a golden commentary? 
RTÉ's Greg Allen met the moment as much as the Irish athletes in Rome in front of him over the past week. 

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Two
S Cathal Dennehy: Without live TV, we missed that off-your-couch thrill of the unknown
As much as we’re told that live streaming is the future, it still doesn’t hold a candle to live coverage on an established TV channel. The golden relay performance in Rome proved that. 

Mon, 10 Jun, 2024

World Athletics Championships 2023 - Day 2
Ciara Mageean marches into world 1500m final
The Irish medal hope needed to finish in the top six. 

Sun, 20 Aug, 2023

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - Day Nine
Muir wins first Commonwealth title, Northern Ireland's Mageean second 
The Scot decimated the field at the Alexander Stadium to win on the final day of the athletics.

Sun, 07 Aug, 2022

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Day Twelve
Andre De Grasse powers to 200m gold in Tokyo
Before De Grasse took the title in Tokyo on Wednesday the USA’s Shawn Crawford was the last man to win the 200m, other than Bolt, in 2004

Wed, 04 Aug, 2021

Tokyo Olympics Athletics
Sydney McLaughlin smashes her own 400m hurdles world record to take Olympic gold
McLaughlin clocked 51.46 seconds having previously set a world best of 51.90secs to become the first woman to break the 51-second barrier in June

Wed, 04 Aug, 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Day Eight
Elaine Thompson-Herah wins women’s 100 metres in Olympic record time
Thompson-Herah’s time was the second-fastest in history, beaten only by Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record of 10.49secs set back in 1988

Sat, 31 Jul, 2021

Sod turned on €3m athletics hub in Limerick
Sod turned on €3m athletics hub in Limerick
Newcastle West development will include world athletics standard track

Mon, 07 Jun, 2021

'Nothing is impossible': Blind West Cork triathlete hoping to make Tokyo 2021
'Nothing is impossible': Blind West Cork triathlete hoping to make Tokyo 2021
Donnacha McCarthy, a triathlete who went blind at 10-years-old, is now close to qualifying the 2021 Games

Thu, 11 Feb, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Death of athlete Jerry Kiernan 
Irish Examiner view: Death of athlete Jerry Kiernan 
Jerry Kiernan, the athlete, coach, and commentator, who has died aged 67, was an agaent of change

Fri, 22 Jan, 2021

Ciara Mageean 25/7/2016
Ciara Mageean: 'I tried to see this period as an opportunity, a blessing in disguise'
The Opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games was due to take place today in Tokyo. Then came a global pandemic and a change of focus for athletes like Ciara Mageean

Fri, 24 Jul, 2020

Andrew Coscoran eager to add to Ireland's middle-distance tradition
Andrew Coscoran eager to add to Ireland's middle-distance tradition
Andrew Coscoran was all too aware that he was following in the footsteps of Irish legends when he lined up for the Wanamaker Mile in New York last February.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Eamonn Coghlan: 'There was no division between black and white when it came to athletics'
Eamonn Coghlan: 'There was no division between black and white when it came to athletics'
It's 41 years ago this week since Eamonn Coghlan and a slipstream of the world's best middle-distance runners ran the 'Magnificent Mile' at Philadelphia's Franklin Field. The Irishman was the leader of the pack, primed to break the outdoor world record.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Nadia Power: IOC's take on Black Lives Matter protests was 'tone-deaf'
Nadia Power: IOC's take on Black Lives Matter protests was 'tone-deaf'
Irish 800m indoor champion Nadia Power has described the International Olympic Committee's initial decision to threaten with bans any athletes who protested on an anti-racism platform during next summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo as “tone-deaf”.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Irish sports need to rewrite business models to cope with 'new normal' - Hamish Adams
Irish sports need to rewrite business models to cope with 'new normal' - Hamish Adams
Sports bodies will need to dramatically rethink their business models in order to survive and thrive in a world where Covid-19 remains a threat, according to Athletics Ireland CEO Hamish Adams.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Boost for Cork's Olympic athletes as CIT track to reopen
Boost for Cork's Olympic athletes as CIT track to reopen
The athletics track at Cork Institute of Technology will reopen on Monday, June 29.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Athletes left frustrated as UCC track to remain closed until late July
Athletes left frustrated as UCC track to remain closed until late July
It will be late July, at the earliest, before the athletics track at UCC’s Mardyke Arena reopens.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

Picture Perfect: 'I'm looking at a bunch of Irish supporters with the European bronze medalist stuck on their shoulders'
Picture Perfect: 'I'm looking at a bunch of Irish supporters with the European bronze medalist stuck on their shoulders'
My favourite picture

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

From a plane crash to photography: What Karen Shinkins did next
From a plane crash to photography: What Karen Shinkins did next
Colm O'Connor interviews Karen Shinkins about her post-athletic career as a photographer, and her lucky escape from a plane crash in 2010

Sat, 30 May, 2020

How Leon Reid went from a childhood in crack dens to an Olympic dream
How Leon Reid went from a childhood in crack dens to an Olympic dream
Of all the ways his story could gave gone, this one existed on the outer edges of realism.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Rob Heffernan wants easing of restrictions for international athletes
Rob Heffernan wants easing of restrictions for international athletes
Rob Heffernan has called for international athletes to be given access to train on athletics tracks across the country, arguing it is a “no-brainer” in terms of safety.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Hamish Adams: 'We estimate that we have 350 clubs and if they lost ten grand each that's €3.5m'
Hamish Adams: 'We estimate that we have 350 clubs and if they lost ten grand each that's €3.5m'
Hamish Adams, chief executive of Athletics Ireland, discusses how the sport has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as it takes its first steps back in phase one of the government’s roadmap for re-opening the country

Fri, 22 May, 2020

Studies still on Rhasidat Adeleke's mind after Leaving Cert cancellation
Studies still on Rhasidat Adeleke's mind after Leaving Cert cancellation
The 17-year-old has attracted serious interest from US universities thanks to performances such as the 100m and 200m gold double at last year’s European Youth Olympics in Baku but it isn’t a leap to suggest that she is leaning towards a course here at home.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Small steps gearing Ciara Neville up for giant leap towards normality
Small steps gearing Ciara Neville up for giant leap towards normality
The thing she misses most is the company, that chorus of support from training partners as she heaves a barbell in the air or suffers through the last rep of a lung-bursting session.

Mon, 18 May, 2020

No track for Leevale to return to
No track for Leevale to return to
Leevale athletes may have no access to local running tracks until September, club chairman Donal Murnane has said.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Athletics to join golf and tennis in reopening facilities
Athletics to join golf and tennis in reopening facilities
Athletics clubs can open their outdoor facilities to runners from next Monday, but only those living within 5km may attend.

Wed, 13 May, 2020

Athletics could be among first to return, but must be 'innovative'
Athletics could be among first to return, but must be 'innovative'
Athletics Ireland chief Hamish Adams says while it’s difficult to predict when athletics will return, the governing body will need to be “innovative” when running events after the lockdown.

Wed, 06 May, 2020

The highs and lows of running in a standstill
The highs and lows of running in a standstill
Here's the trade-off, a see-saw in his psychology that can go either way on any given day. For Thomas Barr, there are mornings where he skips down the stairs and relishes the thought of lifting weights in his living room.

Tue, 05 May, 2020

Back garden circle puts Fitzgerald on course for Tokyo
Back garden circle puts Fitzgerald on course for Tokyo
Like everyone else, Mary Fitzgerald is adapting, adjusting.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

Meath man runs 100 miles around village after ultra-marathon cancelled
Meath man runs 100 miles around village after ultra-marathon cancelled
Chris Dunne ran the equivalent of four Dublin City Marathons in one day completing a 2.7-mile loop 37 times around the small village.

Fri, 03 Apr, 2020

Runners must respect social distancing guidelines - Athletics Ireland
Runners must respect social distancing guidelines - Athletics Ireland

Athletics Ireland has implored running groups to respect social distancing guidelines.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2020

‘Let’s get this done’: Paul McNamara's air of resigned positivity
‘Let’s get this done’: Paul McNamara's air of resigned positivity

The offices and the pitches and the gyms may be all but shuttered but sport persists.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

Kenny plots new course as Olympic delay looms
Kenny plots new course as Olympic delay looms
SPORT may be televised in HD but those who play it tend to be viewed in two-dimensional terms.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

Michael Morgan wins third consecutive All-Ireland Schools Cross Country title
Michael Morgan wins third consecutive All-Ireland Schools Cross Country title

Sligo’s Michael Morgan marked himself out as a future star by taking his third consecutive title at the Irish Life Health All-Ireland Schools Cross Country in Santry on Saturday.

Sun, 08 Mar, 2020

Kitchen to step down as Triathlon Ireland CEO
Kitchen to step down as Triathlon Ireland CEO

Triathlon Ireland CEO Chris Kitchen is to step down for the role.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2020

Emotional Adams powers to sprint win
Emotional Adams powers to sprint win
AMID a tidal wave of emotion, Dean Adams tried to remain an oasis of calm. Shortly before the men’s 60m final at yesterday’s national indoor championships in Abbotstown, the 29-year-old Antrim sprinter stood behind his blocks during a tribute to Craig Lynch, a former rival and friend of his who died in a car accident last September.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Getting over the line: Phil Healy on the challenges facing women in sport
Getting over the line: Phil Healy on the challenges facing women in sport
As we look forward to International Women’s Day, Breda Graham speaks to Bandon-born sprinter Phil Healy who is set to speak at the AIB Future Sparks careers festival later this month on her successes, the challenges facing women in sport and why we should strive for a more equal sporting world.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Phil Healy smashes record to win by wide margin in Abbotstown
Phil Healy smashes record to win by wide margin in Abbotstown

Healy’s time obliterated the previous championship record of 23.27, which was held by Kelly Proper since 2015, and was just off the Irish record of 23.10 she set in Athlone earlier this month

Sat, 29 Feb, 2020

Running from a nightmare
Running from a nightmare
When he was in jail, Hiko Tonosa had one request for the officers who would beat him with large wooden sticks. Hit me anywhere, he’d say, except the legs.

Sat, 29 Feb, 2020

Five key storylines to follow at the National Indoor Championships
Five key storylines to follow at the National Indoor Championships
Some heavy-hitters may be absent, but this weekend’s Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Championships will prove a key staging point for many of Ireland’s best on the path to the Tokyo Olympics.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Athletics: Thoughts of Tokyo keep Ciara Neville on the right track
Athletics: Thoughts of Tokyo keep Ciara Neville on the right track

WHEN things get hard, when her legs are failing, her lungs burning, and her stomach feeling ready to unpack its contents, Ciara Neville thinks of one thing: Tokyo.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2020

Tralee's Oisin Spillane claims senior crown in Munster Schools Cross-Country
Tralee's Oisin Spillane claims senior crown in Munster Schools Cross-Country

After finishing third last year, Oisin Spillane of Mercy Mount Hawk, Tralee, proved to be the strongest over a testing 6000m course at the Irish Life Health/Munster Schools Cross-Country.

Thu, 13 Feb, 2020

Healy on a high as she smashes record
Healy on a high as she smashes record

Phil Healy played a starring role at last night’s AIT International Grand Prix in Athlone, the 25-year-old smashing the national indoor 200m record with her time of 23.10 seconds.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m not gonna lie, I still get nervous’
Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m not gonna lie, I still get nervous’

Mageean, who’s season got off to a flier when she set a new Irish 1500m Indoor record at the World Athletics Indoor Grand Prix in Boston in January, will bid for another Irish record when she competes in the 3000m.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

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