by ieadmin | Jan 18, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News
Wednesday, 18th January 2012. Irish running legend and former Olympian, Catherina McKiernan, along with fitness expert, Karl Henry, from RTÉ’s Operation Transformation are calling on people everywhere to lace up their running shoes in preparation for the 2012 Cork...
by ieadmin | Jan 10, 2012 | Featured, News
The Great Ireland Run 2012 – on Sunday April 15th in the Phoenix Park, Dublin – was launched today by Ireland’s European Cross Country champion and 2012 Olympic Games qualifier, FIonnuala Britton. Fionnuala finished seventh woman in the Run last year,...
by ieadmin | Dec 13, 2011 | Cross Country, Featured, News
Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) put in a stellar performance of front running to take the gold medal at the 18th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Sloveni. This is Ireland’s second senior women’s gold medal in the history of these championships,...
by ieadmin | Nov 1, 2011 | Dublin, Featured, Marathon, News
The big Irish performance of the day at the National Lottery Dublin Marathon belonged to Linda Byrne, who as well as winning the women’s Woodie’s DIY national marathon title, also achieved the A standard running 2:36.21 (inside the Olympic A standard of 2:37). This...
by ieadmin | Oct 9, 2011 | Featured, News
Athletics Ireland is delighted to announce the appointment of Natalie Gabites in the newly created ‘Athlete Services Co-ordinator’ role. Natalie will work closely with High Performance Director, Kevin Ankrom. Natalie hails from New Zealand where she studied Sport and...