Sportswoman of the Year

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World champion boxer Kellie Harrington has been crowned the Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year for 2018. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
‘I’m just glad Johnny Sexton didn’t come in a dress’

And, just like that, boxer Kellie Harrington sprung into a different type of public consciousness. All it took was a world championship medal and an a(...)

Sudaporn Seesondee of Thailand (in red) and Kellie Harrington of Ireland during their 60kg category final fight at the World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India, on November 24th. Photograph: Getty Images
The Irish Times/Sport Ireland sportswoman award for November: Kellie Harrington (boxing)

After the year Irish sport enjoyed it seems more than fitting that we were able to complete our list of contenders for the Sportswoman of the Year awa(...)

Jessica Harrington the overall winner of the Sportswoman of the Year Award with Mary Davis who claimed the Outstanding Achievement award at the The Irish Times-Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year Awards in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson
Harrington comes up the inside rail to cap extraordinary year

Winners sometimes come up on the inside and surprise a few people at the finishing post, and it felt a bit like that as Jessica Harrington was announc(...)

The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman Of The Year Awards winners. Photo: Donall Farmer/Inpho
Annalise Murphy is the Irish Times/Sport Ireland 2016 Sportswoman of the Year

Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy has been crowned The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year for 2016. The 26-year-old claimed sil(...)