Irish Athletics Shine: Hickey Claims First-Ever U20 Medal as Championship Season Closes
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December 16, 2025
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Irish Athletics Shine: Hickey Claims First-Ever U20 Medal as Championship Season Closes Irish athletics brought a record medal-winning 2025 season to a memorable close at the European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa over the weekend a brilliant bronze medal for 16-year-old Emma Hickey in the women’s U20 event. In the senior women’s race, national champion Fiona Everard delivered a career-best …
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Perpetual Cup to Honour Dublin Marathon Legend Mary Nolan Hickey
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October 21, 2025
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A new Perpetual Cup honouring one of Ireland’s most inspiring athletes, Mary Nolan Hickey, will be presented for the first time this year to the winner of the Women’s Elite race at the Irish Life Dublin Marathon on Sunday, 26th October 2025. Mary Nolan Hickey is a true pioneer of Irish women’s marathon running. She has competed in every Dublin …
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Nicola Tuthill and Ava O’Connor Steal The Show With U23 National Records
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June 12, 2025
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Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) and Ava O’Connor (Tullamore Harriers AC) set new Irish U23 records this evening at the Motonet Grand Prix in Lahti, Finland, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting. Competing in the Hammer Throw, Tuthill threw a best of 71.71 metres to add nearly 1.5m to her previous record which had been set in May 2024 in …
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Niamh Fogarty Breaks 41-Year Irish Discus Record
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April 29, 2025
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Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) has made Irish athletics history by breaking the long-standing national record in the women’s discus throw. https://www.instagram.com/p/DI-FkYSJvne/ Competing at the Oklahoma Throws Series in the USA, the 25-year-old Westmeath native launched a personal best of 58.40 metres in the second round – surpassing Patricia Walsh’s 1983 record of 57.60 metres, which had stood …
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Healy And O’Connor Lead Irish At World Indoor Championships
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March 20, 2025
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European indoor medallists Sarah Healy (3000m) and Kate O’Connor (Pentathlon) headline a six-strong Irish team which competes at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China this weekend (Friday March 21st – Sunday March 23rd). Over 550 athletes from 127 countries are entered in the global event, with eleven defending champions and 20 medallists from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games set …
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Olympic Medalist Sonia O’Sullivan: “I know first-hand the positive impact sport has on young people”
Photo credit: Inpho Photography In a bid to tackle the worrying decline in sports participation among Irish children, Allianz Ireland has launched their new ‘Stop The Drop’ campaign. Fronting this initiative is Allianz ambassador, former Irish Olympic silver medallist, and celebrated athlete Sonia O’Sullivan. Speaking at the launch, O’Sullivan emphasized the long-term benefits of sports for young people. “As a …
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Rhasidat Adeleke Receives Outpouring of Support After Experiencing Online Racist Abuse
Irish athletics star Rhasidat Adeleke has received a flood of support following revelations of racist abuse she has endured online. The 21-year-old, who recently clinched mixed 4x400m relay gold, women’s 4x400m relay silver, and individual 400m silver at the European Championships in Rome, is now one of Ireland’s top medal hopes for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Numerous public figures, including …
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Team Ireland Belgrade Bound For World Cross Country Championships
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March 27, 2024
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Eight Irish athletes will represent Ireland at this weekend’s World Cross Country Championships which are taking place in Belgrade on Saturday March 30th. All the action will be broadcast live on Virgin Media 2 from 9.50am. 432 athletes from 51 teams will descend upon Friendship Park in the Serbian capital as they battle out for global cross country honours. A …
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“Fingers crossed I can live up to the legends of Irish Olympians that have gone before me” – Ciara Mageean gears up for Paris Games
You can envisage the statue of Ciara Mageean already, standing as pride of place in her beloved Portaferry, County Down. Speaking at a Flogas event today which saw the announcement of a docuseries around Team Ireland Olympic athletes and including Mageean, we saw snippets of those who had achieved big in the quadrennial competition in the past, and the immortality …
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Sarah Lavin Breaks Ireland’s National 100m Record
Sarah Lavin has added another accolade to her impressive season after breaking Ireland’s national 100m record with a stunning 11:27 in Switzerland yesterday evening (4 September 2023). The Limerick sprinter broke the previous record of 11.28 made by Phil Healy in 2018. Lavin finished second to Italy’s Zaynab Dosso who crossed in 11:15. 💥NEW NATIONAL 100M RECORD💥 Sarah Lavin has …
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