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Top Results from the Weekend

Athletics, Badminton, News, Snowsports, Swimming / Suzanne Casey

9 March 2025; Sarah Healy of Ireland celebrates winning gold in the women's 3000m final on day four of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile A Golden Weekend for Team Ireland! A massive congratulations to our athletes on their incredible performances over the weekend! [...]

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SONIA’S OLYMPIC ODYSSEY

Athletics / Suzanne Casey

New Documentary Film Celebrating Sonia O’Sullivan’s Legacy on International Women’s Day In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March, we proudly present ‘Sonia’s Olympic Odyssey’, a new documentary film honouring the inspiring career and legacy of Sonia O’Sullivan, who won an Olympic silver medal in the 5000m at Sydney 2000. The film follows O’Sullivan’s

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IOC grants provisional recognition to World Boxing

Boxing, LA 2028, LA2028, News / Heather

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally recognised World Boxing (WB) as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level, during a remote meeting held today. Following an assessment of the situation of World Boxing, it was noted that, among the criteria for recognition that

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TOP THIRTY FOR JULIA DEAKINS IN THE GIANT SLALOM AT THE EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL

News, Snowsports, Youth Games / Suzanne Casey

Alpine Skier impresses in opening event at EYOF in Bakuriani On the second day of action for Team Ireland at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Bakuriani, Georgia, Alpine Skier Julia Deakins made an impressive start to her campaign, finishing 28th in the Girls Giant Slalom. Ireland's sole competitor of the day delivered

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Soucisse and Firus fly the flag for Ireland at ISU European Figure Skating Champs

Ice Skating / Kevin

Carolane Soucisse (29) and Shane Firus (30) fly the flag for Ireland again this year at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships which are being held this week (29 January to 2 February) in Tallinn, Estonia. This will be the second outing for the ice dance duo at Europeans. Last year in Kaunas, Lithuania, they

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RTE Sportsperson of the Year | Paul O’Donovan

News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Rowing / Kevin

"Phenomenal" Paul O'Donovan was hailed "an all-time great" as he was crowned RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year for 2024 on Sunday evening. The Cork rower became the first Irish Olympian to win medals at three consecutive Olympic Games in August as he claimed gold at the double sculls in Paris in a year where

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Nominations For RTE Sportsperson of the Year

Athletics, Boxing, Gymnastics, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Rowing, Summer Games, Swimming / Kevin

Next Sunday evening, December 15th at 9:30 pm, the RTÉ Sport Awards 2024 will air live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player. Hosted by Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney, and Jacqui Hurley from Studio 4 in RTÉ, the event will celebrate Irish sporting excellence in front of an audience filled with the nation’s top athletes.

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Ireland Hockey’s Katie Mullan steps down as captain but not yet ready to retire

Hockey, News / Kevin

Katie Mullan today announced that she is stepping away from her captain’s duties for the Ireland senior women’s national hockey team. Mullan, 30, a prominent figure in Irish women’s field hockey, has made significant contributions to the sport both as a player and as the captain of Ireland’s senior women’s national team. Known for her

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Irish Wolfhounds Conclude North American Leg Of World Tour

Ice Skating, News / Kevin

The Irish Wolfhounds rounded out the second stage of this season’s ISU Short Track World Tour in Montreal, Canada this weekend. In the qualification rounds on the opening day of the event, Sean McAnuff (Co. Antrim) and Liam O’Brien (Co. Cavan) were put through their paces in all three distances. The Wolfhounds were drawn in

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Bronze for Gillespie at Track World Championships

Cycling / Kevin

Ending the championships on a high Gillespie finished third in the Women’s Points Race, claiming her first ever senior championship medal. This result adds to her success from earlier in the week when the Co. Wicklow rider recorded three top ten placings at the championships. The Points Race consists of 80 laps and includes a

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Top Five Finish for Gillespie at Track World Championships

Cycling, News / Kevin

Co. Wicklow’s Lara Gillespie got Ireland off to a strong start at the 2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark. The five-day championships got underway yesterday and Gillespie was the first of the Irish team to compete, racing in the Elimination Race this evening, Thursday, 17th of October. Gillespie faced strong competition with

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UCI Track World Championships | Team Ireland