Few places left on Irish team

Brendan Mooney

Jer O’Donoghue smashed the stadium all-comers record when he retained his 60m title in 6.79 secs for a sensational start to his year. The old record was set back in 1993 when the Belgian sprinter, Sammy Thomas, ran 6.84 secs.

The Killarney athlete who runs for Leevale and trains in Limerick with his new coach, John Stacey, laid down a very important marker on Sunday when he also had a personal best in the heats, and now has his sights on the qualifying standard for the European indoor championships in Madrid in March.