John Travers
25 results

Paul Robinson ends long journey back with thrilling 1,500m win
- Other Sports
- August 23, 2020, 21:53
The evening breeze wasn’t ideal and the lack of spectators obviously not either, and still Paul Robinson and Sean Tobin produced a properly thrilling (...)

Hiko Tonosa completes long journey to Irish citizenship
- Other Sports
- March 3, 2020, 16:25
The remarkable journey continues. Reigning Irish 5,000m champion Hiko Tonosa can now represent his adopted country with immediate effect after receivi(...)

Feet of Flames – Frank McNally on how running’s ‘super-shoe’ has conquered the globe (and Raheny)
- Opinion
- January 29, 2020, 18:30
The north Dublin suburb of Raheny used to have an ancient holy well. It was called St Anne’s, like the modern-day park there. And it must have been th(...)

Phil Healy takes long-waited route into European Indoor semi-finals
- Other Sports
- March 1, 2019, 13:52
They say every indoor championship race is either an incident or an accident waiting to happen, and for a while at least it felt partly self-inflicted(...)

Mark English intent on making another push for the podium
- Other Sports
- March 1, 2019, 01:00
You know what every athlete says about making a championship final: anything can happen! For Mark English, what happened the last two times he made a(...)

Phil Healy nicely positioned for start of European Indoors
- Other Sports
- February 28, 2019, 21:36
Both heat and lane draws can often double their weight and value when it comes to indoor championship running, at least in events up to and including (...)

Ireland team for European Indoors in Glasgow announced
- Other Sports
- February 18, 2019, 12:02
Three senior championship medal winners - and the currently fourth fastest runner over 400 metres - are among the Irish team of 16 athletes selected f(...)

Mageean sets new Irish mark at Athlone International Grand Prix
- Other Sports
- February 13, 2019, 21:49
Delighting the home crowd and herself, Ciara Mageean produced a stunning victory over 1,500m at the Athlone International Grand Prix, scoring an indoo(...)

Sinead Diver breaks her latest world record in Japan
- Other Sports
- February 3, 2019, 12:24
There is simply no slowing or stopping the record-breaking times of Sinead Diver, the Irish-born runner clocking the fastest ever half-marathon for a (...)

Ireland’s junior medalists set for Morton Games homecoming
- Other Sports
- July 18, 2018, 18:00
With their championship medals already in the bag Sarah Healy and Sommer Lecky get to enjoy a sort of homecoming at the Morton Games in Santry on Thur(...)