Athletics Ireland publicly rolled out their High Performance plan for the next Olympic cycle at the Gresham Hotel yesterday with the vision of “more Irish athletes winning on the world stage” and a target of 24 medals being won at major championships between 2013 and 2016.

CIARA MAGEEAN arrived at Dublin Airport yesterday in bright spirits wearing the silver medal that she won in the 1500 metres at last week’s European Junior Track & Field Championships in Estonia.