Ireland’s Olympics were emotional – deeply, achingly, and beautifully so
The athletes who wore green over the past 18 days at the Olympics gave so much of themselves to the challenge that you couldn’t but be moved by it
Sophie Becker
Irish athlete Sophie Becker
Olympics: Ireland just miss out on medal with agonising fourth in women’s 4x400m relay final
Heroic effort to chase bronze medal by Irish quartet as US win gold
Olympics Day 15 & 16: Irish in action and best of the rest as women’s relay rounds off track programme
4x400m relay final set to be potential highlight of the weekend
Olympics: Ireland qualify for final of women’s 4x400m relay
Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley finish behind Jamaica and the Netherlands to earn a place in Saturday’s final
Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 10
Rhasidat Adeleke eases into semi-finals while Shane Sweetnam and Daniel Coyle in hunt for showjumping medals
Rhasidat Adeleke keeps plenty in the tank as she cruises to victory in 400m heats
Irish sprinter admits: ‘I just kind of shut down the last 100m’; Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker into repechage
Louise Shanahan takes Mageean’s 800m Irish record in stunning run
Cork athlete became only the second woman to break the two-minute barrier
Phil Healy produces another indoor 400m best to take third place in Madrid
Time of 51.66 again just shy of Karin Shinkins’s 20-year-old Irish record of 51.58
Women in sport: How to join in, whatever your ability
After a stellar year for Irish sportswomen, why not make 2022 the year you become a fan, or even better, take part yourself
Tokyo 2020: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah retains 100m title
Ireland’s mixed relay team thrilled after finishing eighth in 4x400m final
A night of firsts as athletics finally underway at 2020 Olympics
Selemon Barega wins first athletics gold inside a virtually empty Olympic Stadium
Phil Healy runs fastest 400m of her life at Irish Milers meeting
Michelle Finn also gains valuable Tokyo ranking points in 3,000m steeplechase
Row over Belfast athletics meeting sees European permit restored
Permit affords competing athletes the chance to gain valuable ranking points
Belfast meet organiser urges Athletics Ireland to reconsider permit support
Irish Milers Club meeting lost European permit over administrative error
Irish teams sign off in style at the World Relays
First ever podium finish is secured after 4x400m team qualified for Olympics
Jakob Ingebrigtsen steps out and back in again to claim gold in Poland
Drama as Norwegian star reinstated after initial disqualification from 1,500m final
Season of fast times selects largest Irish team for European Indoors
Majority who qualified were racing in standard running spikes according to rules
Phil Healy takes long-waited route into European Indoor semi-finals
Despite heat not going to plan she was fourth best of four fastest non-automatic qualifiers
Mark English intent on making another push for the podium
The Donegal man knows from experience what it takes to deliver on the big occasion
Phil Healy nicely positioned for start of European Indoors
Starting lists revealed for opening sessions of the 35th European Indoor Championships
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
‘Class is permanent’ - Ciara Mageean reaches 1,500m final
She ran the perfect race, finishing second to Britain’s gold medal favourite Laura Muir
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