Away from the rí-rá of the skorts debate, Irish women offered a bounty of sporting firsts in 2026

Nominees chosen from across variety of disciplines in outstanding year for Irish sport

World Athletics singled out for his ‘athlete-centred philosophy’ and outstanding commitment to athlete development

Cian McPhillips chosen as track athlete of the year, Derval O’Rourke inducted into Hall of Fame

The Galway former Olympic sprinter talks about her role as senior S& coach to Ireland’s elite athletes

Big goal for many Irish athletes will be next year’s European Championships in England

Three years out from the LA Olympics, new faces have emerged into a system that finally seems to be working

The Dundalk woman’s success at the World Championships has drawn attention to the heptathlon and shown the benefits of a multi-events approach for young athletes

The 2025 World Championships saw Ireland’s athletes surpass all expectations, crowned by Kate O’Connor’s silver medal

But it’s back to the drawing board for the women’s 4x400m relay

Louth native claimed silver medal for Ireland in heptathlon at World Athletics Championships in Japan

Both athletes also broke their own Irish records at the World Athletics Championships

‘She looked considerably less stressed than the rest of us. But still, there were 800m to come’

To reach the podium at the highest level at this stage in her career bodes well for the future

Heptathlete shrugs off injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in history of World Championships

Dundalk heptathlete put aside injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in the history of the championships

Dundalk athlete records another personal best - her fifth in seven events - in the 800 metres in Tokyo

Young athletes can be inspired by Ireland’s two medal chances going into penultimate day at Tokyo

Heptathlete goes into second day of action in silver-medal spot while McPhillips faces 800m heavyweights in final

Andrew Coscoran, Darragh McElhinney, and Brian Fay also go in Friday’s 5,000m heats