Fionnuala Britton had that familiar fourth feeling akin to the European cross country championships at a windswept Phoenix Park yesterday where Poland’s Iwona Lewandowska was a surprise winner at the Spar Great Ireland Run 10k in 33:39.

Sonia O’Sullivan believes success “should be expected” by Irish athletes at the European Indoor Championships, which begin this morning in Gothenburg.

With grown men banging the blue-boarded track and a raucous crowd standing on their feet as John Travers broke eight minutes for the 3,000m, it truly was Super Sunday at the Woodie’s DIY National Indoor Championships in Athlone in a day to remember for Irish athletics aficionados.

Fionnuala Britton was a class apart as she dominated another high class field to take the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country title this afternoon.

I’M loathe to rise to Cormac MacConnell’s bait (Farming, September 1), but as Ireland’s largest wildlife conservation charity we cannot allow his comments to go unchecked.

Hundreds of Irish households are still enduring severe cuts to their water supply as local authorities work to repair leaks.

IN its environmental performance review, the OECD recently praised environmental research and innovation being carried out in Ireland.

Former boss Michael Neary has been charged with readying the Wicklow senior hurlers for their Walsh Cup campaign after the shock departure of manager Willie Carley.