Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Sarah Lavin was third in the women's 60m hurdles

Lavin and McElhinney on the podium in Poland

Irish duo Sarah Lavin and Darragh McElhinney both had top-three finishes at the World Indoor Tour Gold meet in Torun, Poland.

Athletics • 06 Feb 24

Sarah Healy won her first national title

McElhinney and Healy claim first national titles

Darragh McElhinney and Sarah Healy claimed their first national senior titles at the 123.ie National Cross Country Championships in Donegal this afternoon.

Athletics • 20 Nov 22

Darragh McElhinney pictured at the launch of Sunday's 123.ie national cross-country championships Donegal. Athletes wore the number 10 competition bib as a mark of respect to the 10 people who tragically lost their lives in Creeslough in October

Final-lap pain propelling McElhinney to greater heights

With six PBs and a taste for senior championships, Darragh McElhinney has big plans for 2023, but before the year draws to a close, there is some unfinished cross-country business he wants to take care of.

Athletics • 19 Nov 22

Keelan Kilrehill competing at the European Cross-Country Championships

Euro champion reveals how accident nearly ended career

Keelan Kilrehill says being part of a gold medal-winning performance by Ireland's Under-23 team at the recent European Cross Country Championships has led to greater reflection on a bike accident that could have ended his running career before it ever took off.

Athletics • 20 Dec 21

Team Ireland (from left) with their gold medals: Thomas Devaney, Darragh McElhinney, Keelan Kilrehill, Donal Devane, Jamie Battle, and Michael Power

U23 Team gold for Ireland as McElhinney wins silver

Ireland have claimed the team gold medal in the Men's Under-23 event SPAR European Cross Country Championships at Abbotstown with Darragh McElhinney winning the individual silver medal.

Athletics • 12 Dec 21

Darragh McElhinney trains at Abbotstown this week before Sunday's event

McElhinney aiming to end year of frustration on a high

Darragh McElhinney will be hoping to put something of an annus horribilis behind him by claiming a medal at the Euro Cross-Country Championships at Abbotstown on Sunday.

Athletics • 11 Dec 21

Darragh McElhinney will not travel to Poland

McElhinney out of Europeans due to positive Covid test

Exciting Irish distance runner Darragh McElhinney has had to withdraw from this week's European Indoor Championships in Poland after returning "a weak positive" Covid-19 test.

Athletics • 03 Mar 21

Kate O'Connor is greeted by family and friends at Dublin Airport

Successful Irish European U20 team return home

Ireland's Kate O'Connor says she is "completely ecstatic" with her silver medal from the U20 European Championships as the successful Irish team were welcomed home at Dublin Airport this evening.

Athletics • 22 Jul 19

Darragh McElhinney