A great championships for the Irish? It depends where you were looking

When the dust has settled, the medals safely stowed away, the question is not so much about what Irish athletes achieved at last weekend’s European Indoor Championships, but how they did it.
Also, and perhaps more importantly, why others couldn’t do the same, to harness an ability to shine under the bright lights. Because if truth be told, the two who stole the headlines — Mark English and Ciara Mageean — were just that: Two athletes, out of a team of 16.