Season of fast times selects largest Irish team for European Indoors

Majority who qualified were racing in standard running spikes according to rules

Irish athletes will have the chance to compete on home soil in February

Athletics Ireland organising three meetings ahead of European Indoor Championships

Feidhlim Kelly: Athletics competition needs a roadmap to recovery and fast

Athletics Ireland say they are waiting on confirmation of tier levels

Tokyo dreaming: Ireland’s Olympics team slowly taking shape

Ireland could send as many as 90 athletes to Japan – an increase on Brazil four years ago

Phil Healy still undisputed as fastest Irish woman after national sprint double win

Sean Tobin claims first national title over 10,000m at national track and field championships

Ian O’Riordan: getting inside the secret of the Dublin Track Club

First rule is that this is not a club. Second rule is that they do not have a track

Kevin Seaward runs second fastest Irish marathon time to qualify for Olympics

School teacher runs 2:10.10 in Seville to smash his own previous best of 2:13.39

Sonia O’Sullivan: Escaping bush fires at Falls Creek during winter training

Hurried exodus of athletes from the village left an eerie feeling in popular mountain resort

Irish athletes forced to abandon Australian training camp over bushfires

Falls Creek resort closed after state of disaster announced by Victoria’s premier

Mark English’s late invite to Doha raises questions over IAAF qualifying process

Athlete was initially left out of 800m despite appearing well within qualifying positions

Ireland team for European Cross Country Championships revealed

Kevin Dooney and Ciara Mageean to lead 39-strong squad in Tilburg on December 9th

‘Class is permanent’ - Ciara Mageean reaches 1,500m final

She ran the perfect race, finishing second to Britain’s gold medal favourite Laura Muir

Team Ireland at the European Athletics Championships

Ian O’Riordan profiles the 42 athletes wearing green in Berlin next week

Fleet-footed Shona Heaslip makes light work of cross-country win

An Riocht runner leaves Kerry O’Flaherty in chase and is assured of Slovakia selection

Former Irish dancer Heaslip wins international cross-country race

An Riocht AC representative displays strong development over 6km at national campus

Thomas Barr is the Irish athlete of the year for 2016

‘This year made me realise I don’t need to be afraid of these guys. I’m at their level’

Sara Treacy makes 3,000m steeplechase final after successful appeal

Meath woman wins her appeal after being taken out/tripped in her heat on Saturday

Sonia O’Sullivan: Ciara Mageean now destined for a higher level

European Championship 1,500m medal can prove the perfect confidence boost

Rob Heffernan walks into history as Irish Olympic squad confirmed

Corkman becomes first Irish athlete to be selected for five consecutive Games

Ireland’s Ciara Mageean wins bronze at European Championships

So close to silver - joins Sonia O’Sullivan and Derval O’Rourke on European podium

Emotional Ciara Mageean celebrates making European Championship final

‘It’s fantastic, and I really can’t sum up how it feels to be back in an Irish vest’

Sara Treacy knows hitting peak in Rio will be just what doctor ordered

Meath steeplechaser wants to give it best shot before knuckling down career in medicine

Mark English back to winning ways in National Championshps

Victory in the 800 Metres a huge relief for the UCD athlete as he looks forward to Rio

Canoeist Jenny Egan can build on summer progress on quest for route to Rio

The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for August

More disappointment for Irish on day three in Beijing

Finn, Treacy and O’Flaherty out in steeplechase semis while Pena out of pole vault

World Athletics Championships - The lowdown on the Ireland squad

Ian O'Riordan profiles the 16 Irish athletes competing in Beijing and when they are competing

Brilliant Byrne helps basketball team clinch gold for Ireland

The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for July

Targeted Olympic qualification approach pays off for Irish trio in Letterkenny

Kerry O’Flaherty, Michelle Finn, and Sara Treacy all run inside time for 3,000m steeplechase in Rio

Three Irish athletes run Olympic qualifying times in Letterkenny

Kerry O’Flaherty and Michelle Finn also achieve standard for World Championships

The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for June: Katie Taylor (Boxing)

World champion not willing to rest on her laurels after European Games triumph

The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for April: Katie Walsh (Horse racing)

Amateur jockey became just the third woman to win the Irish Grand National

The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for January: Gráinne Dwyer (Basketball)

Team Montenotte Glanmire star was MVP in National Cup final

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

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

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