MICHAEL HEERY has been honoured by Athletics Northern Ireland for his contribution to the sport of athletics during his six years as President of the Athletics Association of Ireland.

IT MAY be something of a second coming but Jamie Costin will have arrived when he lines up for the 50k walk in the Bird’s Nest tomorrow morning (12.30am Irish time).

MICHAEL QUINLAN could be poised for a dramatic return to athletics’ top table at the Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI) annual congress in Dublin at the weekend.

MARY COGHLAN is to replace Brendan Hackett as CEO of Athletics Ireland. The chair of the Finance and Risk Committee begins her new role on May 19.

MICHAEL QUINLAN, one of the longest serving members of the executive of the Athletic Association of Ireland (AAI), could become a casualty of the new structure that has been put in place to govern the sport when the chairs of the new committees are elected at next weekend’s annual congress in Limerick Junction.

PAULINE CURLEY, after dominating the road racing in Leinster throughout the summer months, turned to Munster yesterday to add the Irish Examiner Limerick Women’s mini-marathon to her collection of titles.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN’S Sports Council grant has been reinstated but the International Carding Scheme Appeals Committee have virtually retired a whole generation of Irish athletics by refusing their appeals, according to a leading athletics figure.

THE Athletics Association of Ireland will have the opportunity to take a major step towards obtaining an athletics licence for the whole island of Ireland at their annual congress in Donegal next month.

THE infamous gear row which raged throughout two Olympic Games and kept Irish athletes out of the last European Youth Olympics could be resolved over the coming months.