Ciara Mageean

For a self-confessed night owl everything about the way Brian Gregan ran his 400m heat inside the Olympic Stadium this morning was perfectly timed – h(...)

So what’s the exact lowdown? The 16th World Athletics Championships, over 10 days, starting this Friday evening until Sunday week, back inside the Lo(...)

It started out as just a bit of fun, a rule-free spot of reminiscing, a list of 50 memorable moments produced by Irish sportswomen. But then(...)

The difficulty with true championship running is that nothing can replicate it except for true championship running. And no one is more aware of that (...)

No one said it would be easy, and Ciara Mageean’s task of qualifying from Friday’s opening heat of the World Championships 1,500m has unquestionably b(...)

Ciara Mageean will bypass the European Team Championships in Finland later this month to focus on her preparations for the World Championships in Lond(...)

As the ins and outs of any major debacle fade from the public mind, some image of it inevitably lingers on. With Saipan, it was the image of Roy Keane(...)

The problem with one athlete carrying the medal hopes of a nation is that if it’s not delivered then everyone feels let down. The problem for Ciara Ma(...)

They say anything can happen in a championship final, although not finishing wasn’t what Ciara Mageean had in mind in Belgrade tonight, the Irish woma(...)

The relief was obvious – in every sense – as Ciara Mageean knew full well how properly sickening it would have been had she not qualified. She hadn’t (...)