Ciara Mageean

Recent Irish success in the European Athletics Championships is inspiring athletes across the country

While there have been advances in terms of facilities, we are still desperately lacking in enough grassroots outlets for children interested in athletics

Improved coaching, facilities and funding helped Ireland’s athletes reach their potential at the European Championships

Paris Olympics: After the Irish team's heroics in Rome, it’s important not to overburden our best athletes with incessant medal chat

Ireland's four-medal haul means team finishes European Athletic Championships in 10th place – ahead of continental superpowers like Germany and Sweden

Rhasidat Adeleke, Ciara Mageean and Thomas Barr all go again after gold medal success; Limerick hurlers make more history

Ciara Mageean, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Thomas Barr and Chris O’Donnell have all achieved golden success at this year's championships

Portaferry runner produces a brilliant finish to take the win ahead of Britain’s Georgia Bell

Portaferry native Ciara Mageean in confident mood and targeting a gold medal in the European 1,500m final

Mageean and Healy cruise through their heats and into Sunday night’s final in Rome

Also qualified in the 200m, the Dublin sprinter has decided on her now specialist event

In British Milers Club meeting, Portaferry native took well over half a second off her previous record

We appear to be nearing the time when a woman will run the 800m faster than Jarmila Kratochvílová somehow did in 1983

Irish athlete tweaked her hamstring during the Christmas run, sidelining her from training for several weeks

Irish station announces extensive live coverage of athletics starting with Seville Marathon on Sunday

Olympic Games and European Championships taking obvious priority for the likes of Ciara Mageean and Rhasidat Adeleke

Every runner, chasing an Olympic dream or otherwise, is unsure of when to push through or to pull back when a running-related injury strike

Will Ireland do better than ever at the Olympics? Will anyone stop Limerick’s hurlers? Who will win Euro 2024? Will our educated guessers get anything right? It’ll certainly be fun finding out

Ireland’s sportspeople used to be good at losing. Finally the ‘wee Tricolour’ has become a force to be reckoned with

Both Ciara Mageean and Rhasidat Adeleke enjoyed outstanding campaigns in 2023 and deservedly share Athletics Ireland's Athlete of the Year award

Portaferry athlete finishes 5km event in a time of 15 minutes and 13 seconds

A fourth-place finish in the World Championships proved bittersweet but Ciara Mageean is ready to give her all again in pursuit of a medal on the biggest stage of all

First time two women athletes shared the honour after fourth-place finishes at the World Championships

Mageean broke her own Irish 1500m record while McCrohan took home gold at rowing World Championships

So far, 2023 (it’s not done yet) has seen 31 world records or world bests

Irish runner takes second at Golden League meeting behind Britain’s Laura Muir

Rhasidat Adeleke will have to deal with a whole new set of challenges in the paid ranks

Mageean and Adeleke show their time to win a medal will undoubtedly come. Paris awaits

Faith Kipyegon chasing a first 1,500m-5,000m double in women’s World Championship history

Reports and previews from the World Athletics Championships, news on Dan Sheehan from the Ireland rugby camp, all the latest on Jim McGuinness

Portaferry’s finest can only finish fourth and Mark English does his stint in the dentist’s waiting room

Mageean just missed out on a first World Championship medal on the track for an Irish athlete since 1995

World Athletics Championships: ‘Now I’m in another global final. I’m excited to go out on and see what I’m made of’

Sarah Healy falls short despite a new personal best and her first sub-four clocking

Ireland hasn’t won a World Championship medal on the track since 1995

Ciara Mageean, Rhasidat Adeleke and others will be looking to make finals and from there, who knows?

‘At this stage, there’s not much more work to be done, just fine-tuning and getting that balance right’

Kerry women aim to create their own legacy in All Ireland final against Dublin, while Ciara Mageean limbers up for World Championships in Budapest

‘I know I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been,’ says athlete who is targeting podium place

Some 23 athletes will represent the country in Budapest, beginning on August 19th