Paul McNamara has only been Athletics Ireland’s High-Performance director since April. 

The problem with big breakthroughs is they tend to happen only once, so in the aftermath, athletes can be left shaking their heads and scouring their training diaries to rediscover the blueprint for success.

Alex Wright sharpened up his preparations for the European Race Walking Cup by winning the 10k race walk as sprinters stole the show at the Leevale Sports in CIT on Saturday.

The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia luxury liner has been convicted of multiple charges of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in jail.

Lawyers for the captain of the capsized Costa Concordia have made a last-ditch appeal, asking the court trying him for the 2012 shipwreck to consider errors of other crew, not just his conduct.