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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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

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Cork sprint sensation Ailis McSweeney talks about her 100m record breakthrough and why she’s swapping a lucrative legal career for full-time athletics Interview – Ian O’Riordan She dived over the finish line, glanced across at the clock, and straight away told herself not to believe it. 11.40 seconds? Nah, that clock has stopped early. Or [...]

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Ciarán Ó Lionáird and his U23 teammates, fresh from winning gold at the European Cross Country Championships last weekend, appeared on Friday’s Late Late Show. The programme can be watched here. The team are the first guests on the show, about 5 minutes into the clip.

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The following article was published in tonight’s “Evening Echo”, November 23, 2010. The article is provided courtesy of John Walshe. 40 YEARS AGO TODAY John Walshe Yesterday, Ciaran Ó Lionáird, a member of the Leevale club, put a number of frustrating injury-stricken years behind him when claiming a highly credible 18th place at the NCAA [...]

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This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, November 20, 2010, and online. By Brendan Mooney HIS sensational victory in last Saturday’s South Regional Cross-Country Championships in Hoover, Alabama will send Leevale athlete Ciarán Ó Lionáird into Monday’s NCAAs among the medal favourites. Ó Lionáird, a final year student at Florida [...]

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At least the future is bright for some of us (As published in the “Irish Times”, Sat 20 November 2010) IAN O’RIORDAN ATHLETICS: Has Ireland’s Fastest Woman lost the run of herself? I WAS having coffee on Wednesday with Ireland’s Fastest Woman – not that anyone around us could have guessed who she was. We’d [...]

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