Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics

Wee County dig deep to beat the Dubs, as Mayo survive late Monaghan surge

Louth manager Gavin Devlin hails spirit of the ‘new game’ as Sky Blues slump to back-to-back Croke Park defeats for the first time

Defiant Louth end 53-year wait for championship win over Dublin

Gavin Devlin’s side overcome six-point half-time deficit to win at Croke Park

Victor Costello’s 36-year-old shot put record finally falls at Irish Schools Championships

Theo Hanlon from Kildare Town Community School throws new mark of 18.24m

IOC president Kirsty Coventry doesn’t ‘believe in paying athletes’. That will age badly

The former Olympic champion – who commands a six-figure salary – has been criticised for her stance

Fintan McCarthy to make heavyweight single debut in Seville

Double Olympic lightweight champion no longer has to worry about cutting weight ahead of competition

Irish Schools Track and Field Championships to receive World Athletics Heritage Plaque

Plaque acknowledges championship’s ‘outstanding contribution to the worldwide history and development’ of athletics

Three lifetime bests inside five days puts Sharlene Mawdsley on exciting new trajectory

The Tipperary athlete is now within touching distance of the 50-second barrier in the 400m

Derek Daly: ‘I survived the hardest crash impact a driver had ever survived’

Formula One and IndyCar star looks back on the highs and lows of life on the track in a remarkable new book

Faster, stronger, dirtier – why it’s best to not watch the Enhanced Games

Ignore this dangerous sporting charade, it’s only fit for dopes

Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Ciara Mageean and Michael Darragh MacAuley confront fears of life and death

European champion and All-Ireland winner discuss health concerns during six-day, 250km journey across Costa Rica

Sharlene Mawdsley runs lifetime best for 400m victory in Savona

Tipperary sprinter improves 400m best to 50.52

Offaly hurling renaissance continues as they end Wexford’s hopes of progress

Eoghan Cahill scores 1-12 as Offaly secure first championship win over Wexford in 14 years

Ian O’Riordan: As Rhasidat Adeleke and Jakob Ingebrigtsen return from injury, Australia has a new young star on the rise

Australian teenage sprint phenomenon Gout Gout fast making a name for himself with eyecatching times

Fintan McCarthy says criticism of Irish rowing was ‘very heavy on a certain perspective’

Skibbereen rower believes the sport has never been better served by support staff

Record numbers now participating in sport in Ireland

Latest Irish Sports Monitor shows over 2.12 million people over 16 are regularly partaking in sport

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