Interviews

“Ó Lionáird glad he made run for gold” – Irish Examiner on European Indoors

4 March, 2013

The following appeared in the Irish Examiner, Monday 4 March 2013. By Feidhlim Kelly Ciarán Ó Lionáird turned a “turbulent” 2012 into a composed bronze medal-winning performance on Saturday evening at the European Indoor championships in Gothenburg and now wants to make an impact on the world stage. “I ran for gold,” said Ó Lionáird [...]

Lizzie, Carmel honoured at Cork City Sports Awards

19 January, 2013

The following appeared in the print edition of the Evening Echo, Thursday 17 January 2013. By John Walshe The Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month Awards for 2012 concluded last Friday as two athletes and an administrator of the sport were honoured at The River Lee Hotel. Lizzie Lee is no stranger to awards [...]

Lizzie helps Irish team to gold at Europeans

15 December, 2012

Ciarán Ó Lionáird on “London Calling” video

10 July, 2012

Irish 1500m runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird visits Leevale Athletics Club, talks about his motivation and shows the crew his training methods. “London Calling” is shown on RTÉ1 on Tuesdays, 10:35pm, and is also available on RTÉ Player.

“The Cork News” feature on running in Cork

15 June, 2012

The free newspaper and online publication, thecorknews.ie, did an article last week on running in Cork, featuring several people who had taken up running in the last few years. One of the athletes interviewed was Leevale’s Chris Harrington, who only took up running in 2009. It’s an interesting article, well worth a read, and is [...]

“Drumm takes plaudits over rival Mageean” – Evening Echo report on Leevale 2012

20 April, 2012

“Athletes warm up for Leevale meet” – Evening Echo feature on Leevale 2012

22 March, 2012

“Hickey hopes his dedication will pay off” – Evening Echo interview with Luke Hickey

21 March, 2012

Barbara O’Connell talks to Cork race walker Luke Hickey who is off to Russia in May to compete in the Junior World Championships. The following appeared in the print edition of the Evening Echo, Friday 16 March 2012. It’s 4:30 am on a Monday morning. Everything at the Lough is as it should be. The [...]

Recent interviews with Ciarán and Derval

24 February, 2012

Ciarán Ó Lionáird and Derval O’Rourke have been busy on the interview trail in the past week. The Irish Times did a video interview with Derval and also published at article about her goals for the season in Monday’s paper. Irish Times article Derval was also spoke to the Breakfast programme on Today FM on [...]

Revitalised Ó Lionáird ready to ‘give it a lash’ in Istanbul – “Irish Examiner” interview with Ciarán Ó Lionáird

3 January, 2012

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner, Thursday, December 29, 2011, and online. CIARÁN Ó LIONÁIRD is among the Irish athletes with preliminary entries for the world indoor championships in Istanbul in March and the Corkman, who turned in a series of stunning outdoor performances last season, is ready to answer [...]

It’s time again to talk up Derval’s chances – “Irish Times” interview with Derval O’Rourke

28 August, 2011

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Times, Saturday, August 27, 2011, and online. ATHLETICS: Her record in the so-called majors makes impressive reading, but can Derval O’Rourke produce the goods again in Daegu? IAN O’RIORDAN reports ‘Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted [...]

Glorious summer for old-school ‘Mad Len’ – “Irish Times” feature on Ciarán Ó Lionáird

8 August, 2011

Ciarán O’Lionaird has improved his best from 3:48.36, moved to fourth on the Irish all-time list, and qualified for the World Championships and the 2012 London Olympics, writes IAN O’RIORDAN