Teenagers can flourish in a new arena, says Helen O’Callaghan

It wasn’t what he wanted, but that says more about his mentality than his performance. Paul Pollock finished a respectable 32nd in the Olympic marathon yesterday, reaching the finish in Rio’s Sambodromo in 2:16:24.

Mark Pollock, Jamie Wall and Louise O’Hara are just some of the role models that have inspired Sarah O’Donovan as the 31-year-old pursues a return to the top tier of camogie with a different county and a team made up largely of players 10 years her junior.

Mark Pollock has stood on his own for the first time since a fall which left him paralysed in 2010.

For several of Ireland’s best marathoners, the door finally closed on Olympic qualification at the London Marathon yesterday, with the race to Rio de Janeiro now left in the hands of selectors ahead of next month’s deadline.

If rugby was a drug it would be banned because of the amount of harm involved, according to a leading expert in public health research.

The story of Peggy Guggenheim was of a life less ordinary, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Blind Irish adventurer Mark Pollock — who was left paralysed when he fell 25ft from a bedroom window while staying with friends in England — has won his battle for damages in the High Court in London.

The Sunrise Ruby, a “pigeon’s blood” hued stone in a ring mounted by Cartier at Sotheby’s, Geneva on May 12 ($12-18 million)

Mark English wrapped up his preparations for Prague 2015 by taking the Glo Health national indoor 800 meter title in Athlone I.T today.

Tyrone 1-11 Antrim 0-7

Fascinated with Nordic Noir and Scandinavian street fashion, Michelle Doyle wasn’t disappointed with a visit to the Swedish capital where cool truly rules.

Fionnuala Britton led Ireland women’s team to bronze at today’s European cross country championships in Samokova, Bulgaria.

Athletics: Fionnuala Britton romped to her fifth GloHealth Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships title in Dundalk yesterday while Paul Pollock defended his crown in a thrilling three-way sprint finish.

Fionnuala Britton raced to her second consecutive Glo Health Inter-Counties cross-country title and declared she was ready for a third European cross country title.

The taxpayer has no way of clawing back almost €72m in money spent on the national children’s hospital if the project falls at the planning permission hurdle again.

Adventurer unbowed despite blindness and paralysis, says Suzanne Harrington

From visiting cultural spots to exploring her favourite clothing label outlets, Michelle Doyle indulged her obsession with all things Swedish by visiting Stockholm in the cold of January.

Mark's story set for cinematic release.

Two new national records were set by Irish relay teams on the penultimate day of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.

It really is something to watch a miracle unfolding right in front of you.

Fionnuala Britton’s manager, Ian Chaney, insisted she will be focusing purely on her training, with media contact at a strict minimum, upon yesterday’s announcement of the Irish team for the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on December 8.

Fionnuala Britton triumphed in convincing fashion at the Woodie’s DIY National Inter-County Cross-Country championships at Santry Demesne yesterday, while Paul Pollock dominated the men’s race and declared himself a contender for the European championships in December.

Nigel Owens will referee Ireland’s Autumn international with New Zealand — 16 months after the chance to claim a first win over the All Blacks was lost on the back of his controversial decision in Christchurch.

Paul Pollock produced a mature performance to finish 21st and second fastest European in a new personal best of 2:16:42 in the marathon at the World Track and Field Championship in Moscow on Saturday.

Paul Pollock has recorded the best ever position achieved by an Irish athlete in a World Athletics Championships men’s marathon.

FIRST there were artists. Then there were patrons — rich people with enough good taste that they enabled artists to live and make their art.

Former senator and county councillor Don Lydon has been discharged from his corruption trial following legal discussions.

Paul O’Connell was undoubtedly a significant contributor to the Lions victory in the first Test in Brisbane, but perhaps the more crucial factor was the Munster-like weather that afflicted the so-called Sunshine State the day before the match.

Australia 21 British & Irish Lions 23

A blockbuster auction of Contemporary art in New York — including a record $58.4m (€45.1m) for a Jackson Pollock drip painting — fetched nearly half a billion dollars — the biggest haul ever at an art auction.

Antrim 2-9 Fermanagh 1-12

There were three home victories on the opening day of action in Division 3 of the Football League.

THINK New Year’s Eve, and New York comes to mind. Images of Times Square lit up like a disco ball, of crowds a million-strong cheering as a glittering sphere (covered in 2,688 Waterford crystals) descends into the ‘crossroads of the world’.

On Wednesday, November 14, the Run in the Dark is due to take place in Belfast, Cork, Dublin, London and New York.

Geoffrey Ndungu of Kenya retained his Dublin Marathon title yesterday, finishing in 2:11.09, well outside last year’s course record time of 2:08.33.

Kenya’s Geofrey Ndungu successfully reclaimed his Dublin Marathon title in a time of 2:11:09 this afternoon.

A chief executive whose resignation from the Police Ombudsman‘s office led to serious concerns about its independence has been appointed to head the Policing Board.

Jackson Pollock