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Field Outing – Frank McNally on an impromptu trip to the National Ploughing Championships
It was a jaunt reminiscent of the inaugural Bloomsday, albeit with more speed and less alcohol
‘Times are changing’ – NI Olympians speak about coming together as one at homecoming
Function in Co Down celebrates achievements of athletes including Rhys McClenaghan who won gold for Ireland and swimmer Jack McMillan who struck gold for Team GB
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Thousands lined O’Connell Street as Ireland’s athletes travelled back from Paris 2024
Large crowds gather to greet Kellie Harrington as double Olympic champion arrives home to Portland Row
Athletes receive warm reception after winning seven medals and challenging on many fronts in Paris
Our writers choose the best and worst of the 2024 Olympic Games
From historic feats by Daniel Wiffen and Kellie Harrington to kangaroo-hopping and boxing’s lapse into a culture war
Team Ireland or Team GB? For Northern Irish Olympians, there’s no identity crisis
The middle ground in Northern Ireland can ‘get their heads around’ multiple identities, says former rugby international Trevor Ringland
Olympics: Complete day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes in action in Paris
Paris 2024 timetable: Who is competing when in athletics, boxing, rowing, hockey, badminton and gymnastics?
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Ireland is now so different from the begrudging country I grew up in
The self-assuredness to be found among so many creative Irish people – and sport is a creative endeavour – demonstrates a novel openness to excellence
Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic bronze medal seals a weekend unlike any in the history of Irish sport
Swimmer, who becomes first Irishman to win multiple medals at a single Olympics, still has 10km swim ahead of him on Friday
Seventh Heaven: How Irish athletes won seven medals in seven days at the Olympics
Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sport
‘It always felt like it was going to happen’: Rhys McClenaghan’s Olympic destiny is now fulfilled
‘It feels like a dream, it’s a dream well-earned and I just can’t believe it’s happened’ – Rhys McClenaghan after his gold medal success
Olympics Day 8 live updates: Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan wins pommel horse gold as Kellie Harrington reaches lightweight final
Kellie Harrington beat Beatriz Ferreira to earn a place in the women’s lightweight final
Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 8 - A super Saturday in Paris
Rhys McClenaghan secures another gold for Ireland while Kellie Harrington and Daniel Wiffen could make it five Irish golds by Tuesday
Tears of joy flow as Rhys McClenaghan wins historic Olympic gold medal for Ireland
25-year-old Co Down gymnast puts Tokyo pain behind him with brilliant routine on the Pommel Horse
Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan: ‘Perfection isn’t attainable - but we’ll try’
The number-one ranked gymnast just wants to ‘land on top of the podium’
McClenaghan secures his place in pommel horse final with top-ranked score of 15.200
Difficulty score was a relatively low 6.300, but execution score of 8.900 on pommel horse sends Rhys McClenaghan into final next Saturday
Meet Team Ireland - Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics)
Olympics: Two-time world champion heads to Paris as one of Ireland’s brightest medal prospects
Magic Olympic rings have the power to pull the biggest Ireland team ever to go to the games
Here’s where we are - this team will win medals and possibly the most ever
Ireland predicted to win a record nine Olympic medals in Paris
Nielsen’s Gracenote Virtual Medal Table predict Ireland will claim a record nine Olympic medals in Paris
Amid grunts, groans and golds, Rhys McClenaghan and Limerick’s hurlers provide poetry in motion
TV View: ‘It’s all gone peared,’ declares Paul Merson
Rhys McClenaghan wins third European pommel horse gold
24-year-old retains his European crown months out from the Paris Olympics with a score of 15.300
Sporting predictions for 2024: Sonia O’Sullivan, Graham Geraghty and others look ahead
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
Difficult to separate Ciara Mageean and Rhasidat Adeleke after their impressive seasons
Both Ciara Mageean and Rhasidat Adeleke enjoyed outstanding campaigns in 2023 and deservedly share Athletics Ireland's Athlete of the Year award
Rhys McClenaghan wins RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year
Evan Ferguson, Jason Smyth, Andy Farrell and Limerick hurling pick up awards
Rhys McClenaghan: ‘This gold medal doesn’t fix me, it doesn’t make me a happy person’
The 24-year-old back-to-back World Champion on overcoming mental challenges on the path to success
Mary Hannigan: Serene Irish progress at Rugby World Cup leaves us a bit giddy
Ken Early on how mistakes deliver spectacle and Ian O’Riordan lauds Rhys McClenaghan’s faultless World Championship triumph
Rhys McClenaghan’s stunning pommel horse routine earns back-to-back world titles
Ireland’s prolific 24-year-old winner secures seventh championship medal and now turns focus to next year’s Paris Olympics
Rhys McClenaghan retains his pommel horse world title
Back-to-back gold medals for the Irish gymnast in the world championships
McClenaghan to face old rival Whitlock in pommel horse final at World Championships
McClenaghan qualified for next Saturday’s final in third position behind the Olympic champion
Rhys McClenaghan wins gold medal at European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Irish gymnast won in the pommel horse event in Antalya in Turkey
Rhys McClenaghan takes pommel horse silver medal at World Cup event in Doha
World champion is building towards European Championships in April
Rhys McClenaghan: Zen and the art of our first world-champion gymnast
What the Northern Irishman achieved in Liverpool last weekend ranks high among Ireland’s finest ever sporting moments
South Africa game stretched Ireland to their limit; McClenaghan focused on Olympic medal
The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with The Irish Times sports team
Irish gymnast Emma Slevin makes history in Japan
She’s the first Irish gymnast to qualify for AA final of world gymnastics championships
Ian O’Riordan: Bursting this Tokyo bubble could be the biggest challenge of all
Assisting athletes to transition out of the Games is a vital part of the experience
Tokyo 2020: Kellie Harrington goes out to make the last mile a golden one
The mixed emotions of the last fortnight in Tokyo could end with a historic high on Sunday
Tokyo 2020: Rhys McClenaghan shows that embracing the pain is better than denying it
22-year-old gymnast strikes confident note for future after fall in pommel horse final
Tokyo 2020: History maker Rhys McClenaghan seventh in pommel horse
22-year-old left to rue an early mistake as Britain’s Max Whitlock takes gold medal
Tokyo 2020: Simone Biles’ Olympics in doubt after latest withdrawals
American star pulls out of vault and uneven bars finals; yet to decide on floor and beam
Walsh and Walker aiming to help make it a Super Sunday for Team Ireland
Boxers battle for medal glory as they seek to extend Ireland’s proud Olympic record
Tokyo 2020 Day 1: Irish in action and best of the rest
Jack Woolley makes history in taekwondo while the women's hockey team begin
We dare not speak of medals – yet here are some of our big prospects for Tokyo
Team Ireland contains some new kids on the block who are out to win gold
Rumours of ‘anti-sex’ beds in the Olympic Village are quickly debunked
Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan says claims over cardboard beds are ‘fake news’
Emma Slevin qualifies for European gymnastics all-around final
The youth Olympic Games finalist becomes first Irish female gymnast to do so
Show me the medals: Ireland drops one place in Tokyo Olympic predictions
Virtual medal table completed before last week’s European Rowing Championships
Rhys McClenaghan: ‘It would be almost silly not to aim for gold every time’
Irish gymnast looking forward to renewing his pommel horse rivalry with Britain’s Max Whitlock
Sporting predictions for 2021: We ask the experts . . .
Some of Ireland’s leadings sportspeople and writers have their say on the year ahead
Kingsmill Massacre sole survivor awarded MBE in British New Year honours
Belfast pianist and Tokyo Olympics-bound gymnast receive CME, BEM respectively
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
Gymnastics Ireland’s set-up leaves it a little more up in the air than other sports
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