Ireland’s Peter Lynch clocks 59:52 to finish fifth in New York City Half MarathonKilkenny man becomes first Irish runner to break hour mark over the half-marathonSun Mar 15 2026 - 13:41
How Ronnie Delany’s date with Olympic destiny inspired a generation of Irish athletesHard to think what might have transpired had he not won gold in Melbourne in 1956Sat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
Ciara Neville: ‘When I first got back it felt like I was running with someone else’s leg’At 26 years old, the Limerick sprinter is fast recovering her best form after a serious hamstring injurySat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
‘Kind, elegant and a beast on the track’: Giants of Irish athletics remember Ronnie DelanyEamonn Coghlan and John Treacy say they were both inspired to achieve greatness by the 1956 Olympic championThu Mar 12 2026 - 12:32
Ronnie Delany’s Melbourne gold remains one of the greatest achievements in Irish sportMemorable Irish track Olympian, a splendid middle-distance championWed Mar 11 2026 - 21:50
Ronnie Delany, Ireland’s Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, has died aged 91Co Wicklow runner won gold in the 1,500m at the Olympics in Melbourne in 1956Wed Mar 11 2026 - 21:33
Ciara Neville, Emma Moore and James Gormley confirmed for World Indoor Championships in PolandIt means 11 Irish athletes will now make the trip to Torun, led by Kate O’ConnorWed Mar 11 2026 - 16:47
Kate O’Connor leads the Irish medal challenge at the World Indoor ChampionshipsAndrew Coscoran gets backing of Athletics Ireland for the 3,000m ahead of Darragh McElhinneyTue Mar 10 2026 - 10:15
Hurling League permutations: Suspense builds as Limerick, Cork and Galway vie for top-two finishKilkenny may need to beat Tipperary to avoid relegationSun Mar 08 2026 - 18:07
Alex Dunne suffers nightmare start to Formula 2 campaign after crashing into team-mateIrish driver took out Rodin Motorsport team-mate Martinius Stenshorne just two laps into opening race in MelbourneSun Mar 08 2026 - 12:57
Waterford v Tipperary game to be refixed for next weekendSunday afternoon’s Division 1A game was postponed following the death of Michael Kiely’s father Benny Sun Mar 08 2026 - 12:20
Ian O’Riordan: Lidl’s €50 carbon-plated super shoes will have runners sprinting to the middle aisleA decade on from the Nike Vaporfly, no single piece of equipment has had a more profound impact on any sportFri Mar 06 2026 - 12:00
Ireland’s Alex Dunne completes move to Alpine F1 team academy for new season20-year-old will compete again in Formula 2 and also be involved in practice sessions on Grand Prix weekendsWed Mar 04 2026 - 14:18
Seats on the plane filling up as Irish athletes qualify for World Indoor ChampionshipsNick Griggs, Bori Akinola and Sarah Lavin all secured their places in Poland by winning national titles last weekendMon Mar 02 2026 - 19:05
Nick Griggs keeps his cool to win thrilling 3,000m showdown at National Indoor ChampionshipsRace favourite Andrew Coscoran fell around the final bendSun Mar 01 2026 - 20:08
Kate O’Connor leaps to long jump gold with her irrepressibly competitive styleThe Dundalk multi-event star jumps a massive 6.50 metres to win individual gold at the Sport Ireland ArenaSun Mar 01 2026 - 18:19
Kate O’Connor smashes sprint hurdles best behind National Indoor champion Sarah LavinImpressive victory for Sophie Becker in 200m with a personal bestSat Feb 28 2026 - 17:26
Kate O’Connor is back on track to challenge for another medalIrish athlete is back on track to challenge for another multi-event podiumSat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
Emma Moore: ‘Athletes are the leanest version of themselves, but that’s not always the best’Irish runner listening to her body’s messages after recovering from depleting RED-S syndromeSat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
Cian McPhillips decides against competing in next month’s World Indoor ChampionshipsSarah Healy will also bypass indoor season, but Kate O’Connor is back in action this weekendFri Feb 27 2026 - 13:38
Bori Akinola: ‘Running under 10 seconds, it could happen this summer’ UCD athlete is out to defend his National Indoor 60m title on SundayWed Feb 25 2026 - 06:20
How Ireland’s athletes made their mark at 2026 Winter Olympics in ItalyBen Lynch saved the best Irish result until last when finishing eighth in Friday’s freestyle skiing halfpipe finalTue Feb 24 2026 - 11:00
Cork athlete Maeve O’Neill sets 800m national indoor record in BostonProvidence College student clocks 2:00.33 to best Síofra Cléirigh Büttner’s effort from 2021Mon Feb 23 2026 - 16:43
What’s behind the new winter sports arena in south Dublin?A private consortium has acquired a site in Cherrywood in south Dublin with plans for a €190 million developmentSun Feb 22 2026 - 06:00
Johannes Klæbo is among the greatest athletes most people have never heard ofThe 29-year-old from Norway has already won 10 Olympic gold medals in cross-country skiiing and he’s not finished yetSat Feb 21 2026 - 06:00
Keely Hodgkinson breaks indoor 800m world record as Andrew Coscoran breaks Irish recordDublin runner Coscoran clocked 3:33.09 for third place in 1500mThu Feb 19 2026 - 22:13
Winter Olympics: Anabelle Zurbay completes second slalom event as Mikaela Shiffrin finally strikes another goldThirty-year-old US skier won her first slalom gold in 2014 at 18Wed Feb 18 2026 - 15:33
Winter Olympics: Cormac Comerford survives slalom slide fest to finish in 31st placeAtle Lie McGrath from Norway missed out on gold after straddling out on his second runMon Feb 16 2026 - 16:28
Teenager Anabelle Zurbay finishes 48th in giant slalom as Federica Brignone wins gold for ItalyColorado-based skier, whose grandmother hails from Co Westmeath, makes Winter Olympics debutSun Feb 15 2026 - 14:59
Rhasidat Adeleke returns to the track to break her own Irish indoor 300m recordIrish athlete clocked 36.30 seconds when finishing runner-up to Stacey Ann Williams from JamaicaSat Feb 14 2026 - 20:54
Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom goldIreland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 42nd in the eventSat Feb 14 2026 - 15:38
Irish rugby has a problem: the players don’t know how to runThe Stade de France witnessed another display of French sprinting ability last week, leaving the Irish trailing in the Six NationsSat Feb 14 2026 - 06:00
‘I didn’t really have the last gear today’ - Thomas Maloney Westgård disappointed with 54th spotNorway’s Johannes Klæbo wins third golf medal in seven days in the 10km cross-country skiing interval raceFri Feb 13 2026 - 13:54
Bori Akinola smashes Irish indoor 60m record in BelgradeHis 6.54 was good enough to finish second at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in SerbiaWed Feb 11 2026 - 18:53
Winter Olympics: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 37th in the super-G at Milano CortinaThe 29-year-old from Dublin finished just under 10 seconds behind gold medal winner Franjo von Allmen from SwitzerlandWed Feb 11 2026 - 14:28
Ben Lynch on Olympic freestyle skiing: ‘It’s a very cool sport when you get into it’If it wasn’t for an old trampoline, the 23-year-old might well have ended up in rowingWed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Swim Ireland appoint Andy Reid as national performance directorThe former swimmer has held the role on an interim basis since last MayTue Feb 10 2026 - 14:25
Ireland’s Thomas Maloney Westgård enjoys his best result in Winter Olympics skiathlonIn his third Games, Maloney Westgård finished 35th in the gruelling 20km cross-country race Sun Feb 08 2026 - 14:08
‘There’s a huge sense of pride’: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford makes Olympic debut in downhill skiingDubliner finishes 34th in men’s downhill as Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes gold medal with sensational performanceSat Feb 07 2026 - 14:30
Ian O’Riordan: What’s behind this inexplicable rise of the teenage running phenoms?At age 16, Sam Ruthe from New Zealand last weekend ran the mile in 3:48.88, which is fast – very fastSat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
Lord Clifton Wrottesley: ‘Maybe some people saw me as a sort of playboy coming down from St Moritz’It’s been 24 years since Wrottesley finished fourth in the Winter Olympics, and his passion for the ice still burnsFri Feb 06 2026 - 08:00
Anabelle Zurbay: ‘In my school, it’s actually kind of normal to become an Olympian’Gen Z skier, among the youngest in Winter Olympics slalom events, is Ireland’s only woman in four-strong teamThu Feb 05 2026 - 06:00
Mark English smashes his own Irish 800m record in Czech RepublicDonegal athlete takes almost half a second of his previous best to finish third in OstravaTue Feb 03 2026 - 17:42
Andrew Coscoran just shy of Irish record in finishing fifth in Wanamaker MileCian McPhillips was a late withdrawal from the 800m due to a dental issueMon Feb 02 2026 - 11:11
Louth fall flat against Cork as Rebels march on through Division TwoThe excellent Steven Sherlock led the way as they had seven different scorersSun Feb 01 2026 - 18:04
Elizabeth Ndudi sets new national indoor long jump record in ArkansasBori Akinola secures automatic qualifying time for next month’s World Indoor ChampionshipsSun Feb 01 2026 - 13:38
The shifting psychology behind breaking a world record While some records repeatedly fall in quick succession, others can go unbroken for many yearsSun Feb 01 2026 - 06:00
From Kilternan ski slope to Milano Cortina, Cormac Comerford completes his long journey to the Winter Olympics Comerford joins Anabelle Zurbay, Thomas Maloney Westgård and Ben Lynch in the four-strong Team IrelandThu Jan 29 2026 - 18:20
One in a million: how Dublin footballer Niamh Crowley learned to speak all over againTwo-time All-Ireland winner was diagnosed with extremely rare form of epilepsy as a childTue Jan 27 2026 - 19:31
How Irish athletes are shaping up ahead of World Indoor Championships in PolandAndrew Coscoran will race the Wanamaker Mile a year after running his Irish record 3:49.26Mon Jan 26 2026 - 19:02
