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Relentless Performance Leads Ireland U-20 Women To Record Win

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Safeguarding World Rugby’s Intellectual Property At The Women’s Rugby World Cup

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123.ie extends winning partnership with Athletics Ireland to 2030 in a multi-annual six figure deal

Athletics Ireland is proud to announce the extension of its landmark partnership with leading Irish insurance company 123.ie through to the end of 2030 in a multi-year, six-figure deal. The extension solidifies 123.ie’s role as the Official Partner of Athletics Ireland and affirms its commitment to growing the sport from grassroots through to elite level across the country. 123.ie known for its “Give better …

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Healy And O’Connor Lead Irish At World Indoor Championships

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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Kate O’Connor: “No one can ever take away from me.”

It is often only in retrospect that we see the shape of history, the slow accumulation of moments that lead to something bigger. Ireland’s record in multi-events has, for the longest time, been a void. No real history to speak of, no real expectation of success. It was a discipline where Irish athletes could participate but not contend. Until now. …

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Ireland Shines at the European Indoor Athletics Championships

Ireland’s women delivered a historic and inspirational performance at the 2025 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. With gold and bronze medals, national records, and remarkable personal bests, the Irish women proved that they belong among Europe’s elite.   https://www.instagram.com/p/DG_TsJjtrF9/?img_index=1   Thursday Thursday saw the Mixed 4x400m Relay, where the team featuring Sharlene Mawdsley, Phil Healy, Conor Kelly …

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Kate O’Connor OBLITERATES Irish Indoor Pentathlon Record!

Kate O’Connor produced an excellent performance at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour in Tallinn, Estonia, breaking her own national senior indoor record in the Pentathlon (Feb 2nd).   https://www.instagram.com/p/DFk2pD2owDh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==   O’Connor, who became Ireland’s first ever heptathlete to compete at an Olympic Games in Paris last year, equalled or bettered her indoor personal bests in all five of her …

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Olympic Hepathlete Kate O’Connor: “We’re not just training for one event, we have to try and be world class at seven”

23 year old Kate O’Connor made history in Paris this year as Team Ireland’s first heptathlete to compete at the Olympic Games, a sensational achievement that she hopes will have a long lasting impact. As she says herself, it’s a challenging discipline, not least for the very reason that the athletes involved are “not just training for one event”, but …

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Irish 4×400 relay team finishes 8th in World Final

Ireland’s 4x400m team has finished eighth in this evening’s relay final which rounds out a hugely successful nine days for Team Ireland at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest (Aug 27th). The team of Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock A.C.), Roisin Harrison (Emerald A.C.), Kelly McGrory (Tir Chonaill A.C.) and Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport A.C.) crossed in a time of 3:27.08, having …

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Ciara Mageean through to 1500m World Final as Sarah Healy breaks u23 national record

Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) lit up Sunday evening’s session of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a textbook semi-final display to book her place in Tuesday’s 1500m final. Racing in the first of the two semi-finals, the Portaferry athlete never looked like being run out of the top six automatic qualifying places, ultimately crossing the finish in …

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Irish mixed 4×400 team secure best-ever sixth place finish at World Championships

The Irish 4x400m relay team of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Christopher O’Donnell, and Sharlene Mawdsley have secured a top six finish in 3:14.13 to round out a superb opening day for Team Ireland at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest (Aug 19th). The result, which ranks as the best ever finish by an Irish relay team at a global outdoor …

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Spectacular start for Team Ireland as 4×400 team make World Finals, Mageean and Healy through to Semi-Final

Team Ireland have had a spectacular start on the first day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest as the mixed 4x400m team of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Christopher O’Donnell, and Sharlene Mawdsley secured their place in this evening’s final with a brilliant 3:13.90 season’s best. Raftery lead the team out on the opening leg before smooth handovers to Becker …

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