Last summer in the heat of competition at the Olympics, Olive Loughnane left the track in Beijing as Ireland's best performer in the track and field events. She joined an elite group of Irish athletes becoming one of only eleven Irish athletes to register a top eight finish in an Olympic Games in track and field.
Loughnane wins Silver in Berlin World Championships Read More »
Katie Taylor dream of competing at the London Olympics in 2012 may have implications for Beijing bronze medallist Paddy Barnes. As women’s boxing was included in the next Olympic Games in three weight categories yesterday, it was also announced that the men’s boxing schedule will have to be trimmed by one weight division.
Russian and Chinese boxers to emerge and challenge Taylor's Olympic ambitions Read More »
A 7th place finish for Ireland's Philip Murphy on a score of 122 following a very high scoring competition which saw scores of 124, 123 and 122 make the final.
World class performance by Murphy at ISSF World Championships Read More »
Scott Evans was defeated in a three set thriller in the last 32 of the World Championships against World No 10. Yan Kit Chan from Hong Kong. Scott lost the 1st set 21-16 but took the 2nd 21-19. The final set saw Scott lose 21-12, but overall a superb performance. Well done Scott.
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Jamie Costin , Robert Heffernan, Olive Loughnane are in Spala Poland preparing for the World Championships next week. Under a special agreement between the Olympic Council of Ireland and the Polish National Olympic Committee the athletes can prepare in an environment they know well and will be provided with the best possible support.
OCI support for Irish Walkers in preparation for Berlin Read More »
Ireland has taken gold after a thrilling final against the Russians this evening in Wrexham, Wales at the EuroHockey Nations Trophy.Russia opened the game early when ALexandre Plantonov scored from a seemingly impossible angle, squeezing home his reverse stick shot passed Harte in goals to go one up.
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Part one of Ireland’s EuroHockey "B" Nation’s Trophy was completed as a semi-final place and, with it, a world cup qualifier invitation were achieved in the most emphatic of styles.
A 10-2 mauling of Italy yesterday, added to Saturday’s 2-1 defeat of Belarus means Ireland can enjoy their rest day on top of Pool A.
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Ireland came out on top in an international round-robin tournament at the National Stadium in Dublin.
The Irish team won 19 of their 21 bouts against Finland, GB, Holland, Sweden and Uzbekistan at the weekend to finish top of the table.
Irish boxers on top Read More »
Paul Revington’s side let go a one-goal advantage to lose top spot in Pool A to Russia at the EuroHockey Nations Trophy in Wrexham today. They are still through to the last four, but will now play the winners of Pool B in Thursday’s semi-final.
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Athletics Ireland announced their team to travel to Berlin ahead of the World Championships (August 15th – 23rd).
Athletics team for Berlin announced by AAI Read More »
The Irish men’s international hockey squad is to benefit from a €70,000 grant from the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in its campaign for qualification for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Irish men’s hockey squad gets Olympic financial boost Read More »
Coming off the back of a recent strong performance in Minsk, a final round score of 24 saw Irelands Derek Burnett finish one target short of a place in what would have been his second consecutive ISSF World Cup Final as today's Olympic Trap competition concluded in San Marino.
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