IRELAND’s Paul McKee must launch his European Championship campaign from lane nine when the first-round heats of the 400 metres get under way today.

GERARD HARTMANN will anxiously watch tonight’s final of the women’s 10,000m at a Sports Bar in Limerick along with the double Olympic champion, Kelly Holmes.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN leads Ireland’s European cross-country medal hopes tomorrow, pledging: “I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I had a chance of winning.”