More highlights than lowlights: A year in review with four voices of Irish women’s sport
Malachy Clerkin sits down with Annalise Murphy, Vikki Wall, Marie Crowe and Sarah Keane
John Treacy and Sonia O’Sullivan: World-beaters who became lasting icons of Irish sport
‘The tide is definitely rising around women’s sport, and long may that continue’
European Cross-Country: Irish women chasing big wins at home
Fionnuala McCormack will be a pivotal presence at Abbotstown on Sunday
Fionnuala McCormack produces lifetime best with fifth place in Valencia marathon
Irish runner moves closer to Catherina McKiernan’s Irish record at the distance
Ian O’Riordan: Fionnuala McCormack lets her running do the talking
There is an honesty about the morning run beyond commitment to success
Sonia O’Sullivan: We must get Ireland team right for European Cross-Country
This is a great opportunity to rebuild some profile for the sport, and help inspire next generation
‘You have to get up that morning and lace those shoes – words don’t teach, life experience does’
Irish Olympian Catherina McKiernan explains how anyone can become a runner
Meet the nominees for The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year 2020
Introducing the 12 contenders for this year’s award after a stellar year in women’s sport
The purest thrill of athletics that’s gone from the summer
Irish Schools Athletics Association has cancelled all regional and provincial events
Fionnuala McCormack is Irish Times/Sport Ireland sportswoman for December
The Wicklow athlete led the Irish senior team to silver at the European Cross Country Championships
Business as usual for Fionnuala McCormack
McCormack returns to cross-country in Sunday’s national championship
Sinead Diver finishes seventh in the London Marathon
42-year-old runs a personal best of 2:24:11 as Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei takes the top prize
Sinead Diver breaks her latest world record in Japan
Irish-born runner clocks fastest ever halfmarathon for a woman over the age of the 40
Ireland to host European cross country in 2020
Irish previously hosted cross country championships in 2009
Sonia O’Sullivan: preparation key as Sinéad Diver romps Melbourne marathon
41-year-old knocks over six minutes off her personal best as she breaks course record
Lizzie Lee on age, motherhood and the road to Berlin
‘The marathon is not a young women’s game’ - Lizzie Lee is almost 38 and a mother of two
How much fluid should you drink while running?
14 people have died from over-drinking during exercise, none from dehydration
Irish Sportswomen: Top 50 Memorable Moments - Top 10
Mary Hannigan selects the top 10 highlights in women’s sport from the last 30 years
Irish Sportswomen: Top 50 Memorable Moments Part Four - 20 to 11
In part four of five, Mary Hannigan continues her look at highlights in Irish women’s sport
Do you have breakfast before your morning run?
Some avoid eating before going out; others load up the calories. So who is right?
Sinead Galvin putting Irish athletes’ interests first
Sports agent now represents the interests of best-known figures from a range of sports
Caroline Currid: ‘I was shocked by Paul O’Connell’s preparation’
Sports psychologist describes unexpected start to fruitful work relationship with rugby star
Ian O’Riordan: Sporting autobiographies not telling the full story
It’s not easy to get a proper perspective on one’s career what career is still ongoing
10 top running tips from Catherina McKiernan
European cross-country champion shares her top tips to get you running this autumn
Jim McNamara: ‘Pain is temporary, glory is forever’
Funeral mass hears of an athlete with an extraordinary ability to get the best out of himself
Briege Corkery and Rena Buckley named Sportswomen of the Year
Cork GAA stars win Irish Times/Sport Ireland award after dual-code success in 2015
On Athletics: Pauline Curley proves age is just a number
Lesson of Dublin Marathon triumph is to make most of limited time you get
Great Limerick Run: deluge fails to deter 13,000 participants
Athletes from 25 countries compete, with Kenyan Freddy Keron (28) winning marathon
Schools make for grounds of a great celebration
Irish Schools Athletics Championships an inspiration for many in all walks of life
Why are our best athletes no longer in the running for the World Cross Country?
The event is dying a death, with numbers of participants declining each year
Ireland’s women team make podium finish
Bronze a great, if unexpected, return at European Cross Country champions
Fionnuala Britton finishes sixth as Irish women take European bronze medal
Disappointment for Wicklow cross-country runner turns to smiles as she leads side to podium finish in Bulgaria
Fionnuala Britton primed to medal at European Cross Country
The tiresome slog of training for distance running can be worth it at finishing line
Day in the sun for Roisin McGettigan as she finally gets medal
Athlete came fourth in Turin in 2009 but winning Russian now stripped of gold
Britton warms up for European return with inter-counties win
After finishing fourth in Belgrade last year, the motivation to win back title in Samokov runs deep
Zurich championships cherished men and women athletes equally
All that unfolded at the European Championships felt like the perfect escape and antidote from the hysterical outbreak of opinion concerning women in certain sports back at home, particularly women’s rugby
Britton’s marathon debut in Zurich full of promise
Twenty-nine-year-old finished 10th in Zurich, in the fourth fastest Irish time ever
Martin Fagan triumphs in Terenure 5-mile road race
Mullingar athlete beats Kenyan runner Freddy Sittuk Keron in first major outing since serving a two-year ban for doping
Britton fails to fire in feature 10km race
Irish athlete unable to reel in eventual winner Iwona Lewandowska from Poland
Athletes’ daughters running in their mothers’ footsteps at Great Ireland Run
Kenyan Japhet Korir overall winner of event
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