Heery honoured for outstanding contribution to Irish athletics

MICHAEL HEERY has been honoured by Athletics Northern Ireland for his contribution to the sport of athletics during his six years as President of the Athletics Association of Ireland.

While he will be remembered for the manner in which he oversaw the major structural changes in the administration of Irish athletics, his genial disposition played a major role in forging strong links with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and, for that alone, last week’s award was well deserved.

“To be honest I was humbled by the whole thing,” he said. “I got a call from the President of Athletics Northern Ireland, Brian Downing, asking me if