There are few on this island who can lay claim to having ever got the better of Sonia O’Sullivan on the track.

Trim Celtic ladies soccer club have always been regular participants in the Meath Community Games finals.

It was a scene played out in the several different venues across the several different codes over the weekend.

Ever since assuming the role of general vice-president in 1993, Carmel Grealy is to be found in the same location at the Community Games year in, year out — sitting patiently behind the main desk at reception, lending a hand to whoever requires assistance.

Some 5,000 children and their families are descending on Athlone in Westmeath today for the Community Games.

Minister of State for Tourism & Sport Michael Ring has today approved grants of €2.4m for 21 national sports bodies.

The way he has Crossmaglen Rangers playing should surprise no one who has ever known him.

THERE are so many talking points since the commencement of the World Cup that it is difficult to know where to begin.

Over 2,500 children between the ages of 6 and 16 are taking part today in the national finals of the Community Games in Athlone.

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More than 2,500 children from all over the country are taking part in the final weekend of the Community Games in Athlone IT.

ROY FAHY (East Cork) had hardly fulfilled his ambition to win last year’s race than he was planning a back-to-back double by winning Monday’s Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon.

Tributes are being paid to the founder of the Community Games in Ireland, Joseph Connolly, who has passed away aged 86.

The Community Games is saying goodbye to its home for the last 35 years this weekend.

The national finals of the Community Games are moving from their traditional home of Mosney in Co Meath to Athlone.

Ireland's up and coming athletes and sportspeople will be competing in the National Finals of the HSE Community Games this weekend.

GARY NEVILLE broke his metatarsal bone four years ago — shortly after David Beckham suffered an almost identical injury in the build-up to the last World Cup.

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism John O’Donoghue has announced a grant of €100,000 for the renovation of Mosney Holiday Centre, in response to calls from the National Community Games.

THE country’s major sporting bodies united together yesterday in an historic move to stamp out racism.

The Government has announced plans to give €150,000 to the organisers of the Community Games to enable them to hold this summer's event in the Mosney Holiday Centre.

The Community Games movement has warned that the future of the games are in danger due to a lack of secure accommodation for the young people taking part.