Kate O'Connor

Irish athlete Kate O'Connor

RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year: Rory McIlroy, Kate O’Connor and Troy Parrott among 12 nominees

Nominees chosen from across variety of disciplines in outstanding year for Irish sport

Kate O’Connor’s father Michael wins 2025 Coaching Achievement Award from World Athletics

World Athletics singled out for his ‘athlete-centred philosophy’ and outstanding commitment to athlete development

Kate O’Connor named athlete of the year at Athletics Ireland annual awards

Cian McPhillips chosen as track athlete of the year, Derval O’Rourke inducted into Hall of Fame

Martina McCarthy: ‘I didn’t deliver on my potential. As a coach, you have to park that’

The Galway former Olympic sprinter talks about her role as senior S& coach to Ireland’s elite athletes

Sonia O’Sullivan: No time for complacency in athletics cycle that never stops

Big goal for many Irish athletes will be next year’s European Championships in England

Irish Olympic hopefuls have won 45 senior medals worldwide in 2025. Where did it all go right?

Three years out from the LA Olympics, new faces have emerged into a system that finally seems to be working

Ian O’Riordan: Extraordinary Tokyo performances raise standards again in Irish athletics

The 2025 World Championships saw Ireland’s athletes surpass all expectations, crowned by Kate O’Connor’s silver medal

Kate O’Connor: The making of a world heptathlon medal winner

The Dundalk woman’s success at the World Championships has drawn attention to the heptathlon and shown the benefits of a multi-events approach for young athletes

Sonia O’Sullivan: Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips proved what Irish athletes can do

But it’s back to the drawing board for the women’s 4x400m relay

Kate O’Connor receives hero’s welcome at Dundalk homecoming

Louth native claimed silver medal for Ireland in heptathlon at World Athletics Championships in Japan

Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips begin new chapter in Irish athletics history

Both athletes also broke their own Irish records at the World Athletics Championships

Silver lining for Kate O’Connor and relieved studio pundits despite injury alert

‘She looked considerably less stressed than the rest of us. But still, there were 800m to come’

The Irish Times view on Kate O’Connor’s silver medal: a remarkable achievement

To reach the podium at the highest level at this stage in her career bodes well for the future

Kate O’Connor dreaming bigger again after perfect season ends in Tokyo

Heptathlete shrugs off injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in history of World Championships

Kate O’Connor secures stunning silver while Cian McPhillips finishes fourth at World Championships

Dundalk heptathlete put aside injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in the history of the championships

In pictures: How Kate O’Connor won a heptathlon silver medal at the World Championships

Dundalk athlete records another personal best - her fifth in seven events - in the 800 metres in Tokyo

Irish athletes’ performance at World Championships allows us to dream again

Young athletes can be inspired by Ireland’s two medal chances going into penultimate day at Tokyo

Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips look to turn big dreams into medals at World Championships

Heptathlete goes into second day of action in silver-medal spot while McPhillips faces 800m heavyweights in final

Kate O’Connor looks to take next step in her rise at World Championships in Tokyo

Andrew Coscoran, Darragh McElhinney, and Brian Fay also go in Friday’s 5,000m heats

Sonia O’Sullivan: Irish athletes head to Tokyo under the radar, but don’t write them off

Without Rhasidat Adeleke and Ciara Mageean, spotlight falls on Kate O’Connor, Sarah Healy and Mark English

Irish expectations at the World Championships in Tokyo: ‘We’re not seeded to medal, let’s be frank about that’

Athletics Ireland Director of High Performance, Paul McNamara, believes there are still medal chances

Ireland team named for World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

Rhasidat Adeleke confirmed last week she would not be competing at the World Championships

What do Ireland’s medal prospects look like at the World Athletics Championships?

The withdrawal of Rhasidat Adeleke leaves a big hole to be filled in the women’s 4x400m relay

Katie Taylor named Sportswoman of the Month for July

History-maker concludes epic trilogy with resounding win

Sonia O’Sullivan: I’ll always remember my first time winning a national title

It was in 1987 and I was 17, racing senior athletes I only knew about from magazines

Ireland’s Nicola Tuthill wins silver in the hammer at World University Games in Germany

21-year-old from Cork continues fine medal run for Irish athletes over recent weeks

Kate O’Connor smashes Irish heptathlon record to strike gold at World University Games

Dundalk 24-year-old improves 800m personal best to finish with 6,487 points

‘I’m not putting a limit on the score’: Kate O’Connor switching back into heptathlon competition mode

The athlete outlines her plans as she builds up to a national record attempt and September’s World Athletics Championships

Kate O’Connor and Sarah Healy named joint Sportswoman of the Month for March

Both athletes were part of a magical medal haul at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in March

Anomalies remain around the awarding of Sport Ireland grants

Certain relays seem to be considered every bit as important as individual events

Kate O’Connor sets high medal bar in Nanjing as rise of Irish athletics continues

Athlete’s pentathlon silver ranks as only medal winner among six-strong Irish team but ends 19-year podium wait for Ireland at this level

‘I kept saying to myself how much do you want this medal?’ - Kate O’Connor on winning silver

Pentathlete had set PBs in three of the first four events

How Kate O’Connor won her silver medal: In pictures

Dundalk woman became the first Irish athlete to medal in World Indoors in 19 years

The rise and rise of Kate O’Connor: Ireland’s first world indoor medallist for 19 years

The Dundalk multi-event athlete has now added world bronze to the European bronze she won two weeks ago

Nanjing a perfect opportunity for young Irish team to make a mark on world stage

Sarah Healy is oozing confidence, Kate O’Connor is in the form of her life, and Andrew Coscoran, Sarah Lavin and Sophie O’Sullivan are in the running too

Sophie O’Sullivan: ‘When people get medals, you think it just makes it a bit more possible for everyone’

Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor hope to build on their medal success at this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Nanjing

Ireland’s Nicola Tuthill wins under-23 hammer gold at European Throwing Cup

Cork athlete becomes the first Irish winner in the event which has been running since 2001

From Apeldoorn to Nanjing, Kate O’Connor chases another podium place at the World Indoor Championships

‘The progress has been day and night ... if I can stay injury-free this summer could be really, really exciting’

Sarah Healy, Mark English and Kate O’Connor to chase more medals at World Indoor Championships

Three European medal winners selected as part of Ireland team that will compete in Nanjing, China next week

Kate O’Connor in focus: ‘It’s who can stay injury-free... that’s who ends up coming out on top’

Sunday’s performance seals qualification for pentathlon at World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, in under two weeks

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