The evening prior to his Diamond League debut in mid-May, Thomas Barr posted a picture of the men’s 400m hurdles startlist on his Instagram account.

OLIVE LOUGHNANE (Loughrea AC), silver medallist in the women’s 20k walk in Berlin two years ago, will lead the Irish team into the World Championships in Daegu, Korea, at the end of the month.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN misses the Woodies DIY National senior track and field championships at Morton Stadium at the weekend.

DERVAL O’Rourke has overcome injury and will contest the 60m hurdles at this weekend’s All-Ireland Indoor championships at Belfast’s Odyssey.

JAMES NOLAN faces his moment of truth when he lines up for the heats of the 1,500 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham this evening (5.31pm).

WITH national champion and record-holder Paul McKee and runner-up Rob Daly opting for the 200m, bronze medallist Antoine Burke will carry Irish hopes in a star-studded 400m at the Dublin International Games tonight.

TOMAS COMAN, the national indoor 400m record holder, has abandoned hopes of competing in next month's European championships in Munich.