Plenty of emerging athletic talent on show at Irish Schools Championship in TullamoreSean Aigboboh, from Dublin’s High School, claimed the coveted honour of Ireland’s Fastest SchoolboySat Jun 03 2023 - 18:18
Irish Schools athletics - where you are always learning and winning is everythingSaturday in Tullamore remains the single most important pathway to achieving a higher level of successSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Faith Kipyegon breaks 1,500 metres world record as Ciara Mageean finishes fourthIrish woman ran 4:00.95, finishing 11 seconds behind the world record-breaking KenyanFri Jun 02 2023 - 21:32
DCU unveil their new-look Morton Stadium in dashing sky blueAfter 65 years, the new track and field is primed again for the latest generation of recordsFri Jun 02 2023 - 05:00
Louth braced for Mayo test as Harte’s men take another major step on learning curve Former player and manager Peter Fitzpatrick believes round-robin tests against likes of Mayo and Kerry will firmly stand to Wee County in the long runThu Jun 01 2023 - 06:00
New York waiting in line to discover Tailteann Cup knock-out fateA draw on Monday will decide who will face the Big Apple at home in the preliminary quarter-finals stageThu Jun 01 2023 - 06:00
Waterford save their best for last to deny Tipperary a Munster final spot Davy Fitzgerald’s team turned in a fine performance at Semple Stadium even with little to play forSun May 28 2023 - 17:57
Irish rowers draw a blank in big races at the European ChampionshipsPhilip Doyle and Daire Lynch came through to take fourth in the men’s double scullsSun May 28 2023 - 14:51
Rhasidat Adeleke breaks Irish 400 metre record again at NCAA West RegionalsRunning 400 metres in 49.54, Adeleke broke the previous the Irish record of 49.90 she set in Florida last monthSun May 28 2023 - 12:04
Ciara Mageean takes back the Irish 800 metres record in ManchesterShe finished second in a highly competitive race behind Australia’s Abbey CaldwellSat May 27 2023 - 20:41
All three Irish boats at European Championships finish well off podium positionsFintan McCarthy and Hugh Moore finished sixth in the lightweight men’s doubleSat May 27 2023 - 14:18
Cycle of his life: Eddie Dunbar only now coming of Giro ageThe 26-year-old rider from Banteer unquestionably now a Grand Tour podium contenderFri May 26 2023 - 20:18
Six Irish boats in the mix for medals at European Rowing Championships A-finalsFintan McCarthy and Hugh Moore, in the lightweight men’s double, qualified after finishing third in their semi-final on FridayFri May 26 2023 - 16:21
Fintan McCarthy and Hugh Moore lead the way as European Rowing Championship kicks offNew pairing Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch also impressed, winning their heat in the men’s double sculls categoryThu May 25 2023 - 15:21
Hannah Tyrrell: ‘I will do anything to get that All-Ireland’The 32-year-old football and rugby star is still chasing a first senior title win with DublinThu May 25 2023 - 05:00
GAA reiterate that games at under-12 and below should have no competitive elementGo Games ‘one of the most successful things we’ve ever done in the promotion of our games’Wed May 24 2023 - 16:51
Waterford’s Michael Brick Walsh unimpressed by players ‘rolling around the ground’Former Waterford intercounty hurler suggests players may be deliberately slowing game downTue May 23 2023 - 05:00
Mayo breach Fitzgerald Stadium fortress to inflict humbling defeat on KerryMayo replacement Eoghan McLaughlin provided the game’s only goal on the hour markSat May 20 2023 - 17:18
Kenyan doping charges now running at a world record paceKipruto merely the latest offender but meanwhile, in football, of the 2,846 tests carried out at the Qatar World Cup, not a single one came back positiveSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Conor Meyler and Tyrone raring to go again as All-Ireland group stages get under wayUlster side head to Salthill on Saturday to take on Galway in the opening round of matchesThu May 18 2023 - 15:00
‘I play a lot of chess,’ Pádraig O’Hora on avoiding Mayo’s match analysisSix weeks after their Connacht quarter-final loss to Roscommon, Mayo are bound for KillarneyThu May 18 2023 - 06:00
Kenyan runner Rhonex Kipruto provisionally suspended for doping offenceWorld 10k record holder’s Irish coach Brother Colm O’Connell describes Kipruto as a ‘clean’ runnerWed May 17 2023 - 13:07
‘I feel like I can go stupidly quick’: Daniel Wiffen bullish about Olympic chancesRarely if ever has an Irish athlete shot to prominence like the 21-year-old Armagh swimmerWed May 17 2023 - 07:00
Rhasidat Adeleke helps University of Texas lower their American collegiate record in 4x100m relayTime of 41.89 seconds would have won them bronze at last summer’s World ChampionshipsSun May 14 2023 - 20:28
Colm O’Rourke confirms Meath’s ambition to be front runners in Tailteann Cup ‘We are fully immersed in it and our players and taking it very seriously’Sun May 14 2023 - 14:23
Reliving the day De La Salle lifted the Leinster Schools Cup - and lifted all of us with itA reunion of the 1983 team that won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup took place in Churchtown on FridaySat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Louth’s Sam Mulroy: ‘I hated that you’re always belittled because of where you’re from’Captain praises ‘unbelievable man’ Mickey Harte for what he has done since his arrival in the Wee CountyFri May 12 2023 - 06:00
Dublin Marathon introduces new category for non-binary runnersMove follows consultation with members of the running community and hopes to allow runners compete ‘in a category that matches their identity’Tue May 09 2023 - 14:27
Kerry v Mayo and Galway v Tyrone both only to be broadcast on GAAGoThe GAA has faced some criticism for its GAAGO paid platform of lateMon May 08 2023 - 20:40
Lessons in marathon running: How to choose the best training plan to suit youPart 3: Most of the comprehensive training plans begin six months in advance, others reckon four months is about enoughMon May 08 2023 - 05:00
Light winds scupper Tom Dolan’s attempt at solo round Ireland sailing record 36-year-old Irish sailor was more than 70 nautical miles ahead of target at one stage up the west coastSun May 07 2023 - 19:36
Ian O’Riordan: Finding space and peace between driver and cyclist on Irish roadsNo matter what the speed, or the result, the impact on flesh and bone will be invariably worse than on metal and glass.Sat May 06 2023 - 06:00
Thomas Barr comes up just short of season best as Diamond League opens in Doha Sarah Lavin well off the pace in 60m hurdles, while Mark English hits season best to come seventh in 800mFri May 05 2023 - 19:04
David Gillick: ‘In sport, we still think of faster, fitter, stronger, show no weakness’Two tales of recent Olympians, one ending in triumph, the other tragedy, reopens thorny issue of mental healthFri May 05 2023 - 06:00
Ikem Ugwueru bringing his size and pride to Clare football The 23 year-old, in his first full season with Clare, is set for his first Munster football finalFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
Dylan McHugh recalls his ‘best miss ever’ as Galway target Connacht final glory Corofin man played a big role in Comer’s key goal against Roscommon but still has memories of 2007 when Sligo upset the oddsThu May 04 2023 - 05:00
Jason Foley’s pace a massive asset on his quick rise to the top with Kerry The All-Ireland-winning full back started out as a sprint hurdler which has unquestionably stood to him in his football careerThu May 04 2023 - 05:00
Around the coast of Ireland in three days: Tom Dolan embarks on record-breaking attemptFrom a farming background in Meath, the 36 year-old has developed into one of the world’s leading solo sailorsTue May 02 2023 - 18:30
Speed kills! Get over strength and conditioning in Gaelic footballWhen push comes to shove in any sport, whoever moves fastest finishes firstSat Apr 29 2023 - 06:00
Sonia O’Sullivan joins other giants of Irish athletics with Penn Relays Wall of Fame honourO’Sullivan joins Ronnie Delany, Eamonn Coghlan and John Treacy among others to receive honourThu Apr 27 2023 - 16:16
Referee Maggie Farrelly: ‘You see mad men and mad women going bonkers along the line’The Cavan woman has set a series of GAA refereeing firsts, and is still only beginningThu Apr 27 2023 - 05:00
David Clifford, the song and dance man of Gaelic football‘Being from Kerry, and not having won the All-Ireland in so long, there was a pressure on us’Tue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
Clare senior footballer Ikem Ugwueru: ‘Being black, and Irish, is a very big thing for us’‘Back in Ennis, there’s young black girls and boys playing for Eire Og now. I feel like we’re doing a really good thing in this country’Tue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
Michelle Finn leads Leevale to gold at National Road Relay ChampionshipsThe senior men’s race was ruled by an outstanding performance from Clonliffe HarriersSun Apr 23 2023 - 21:33
‘We were blown out of the water’: Dublin do historic demolition job on LaoisCon O’Callaghan, Colm Basquel, Lee Gannon and Ciaran Kilkenny scored the goals at O’Moore ParkSun Apr 23 2023 - 17:32
Stop! Turn Back! You’re running the wrong way!Through no fault of their own, 2,000 runners were left feeling short-changed at Sunday’s Great Ireland RunFri Apr 21 2023 - 19:00
Athletics Ireland hit with legal challenge to new running levyAssociation’s board pushed through the €2 ‘one-day licence’ without approval from its congressThu Apr 20 2023 - 19:31
Jerry Kiernan Foundation unveils list of athletes set for financial support in 2023Fund established to honour passion and insight that Kiernan, who died in January 2021, always brought to sportTue Apr 18 2023 - 20:01
Defending champion Evans Chebe wins Boston as Eliud Kipchoge runs his slowest marathonKipchoge lost his legs and his focus around mile 19, ending up sixth in 2:09.23Mon Apr 17 2023 - 18:40
Olympics Countdown: Five Irish athletes laying down markers for ParisWith one year and 100 days to go to the start of the Olympics, Ian O’Riordan looks at Ireland’s medal prospectsMon Apr 17 2023 - 18:37
