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The Olympic Games

Olympian David Gillick: ‘I coach children. It can be hard dealing with parents ... some get so caught up on results’

Gillick covered the Paris Olympics for RTÉ. He is a two-time European indoor champion and Irish 400m record holder, as well as an ambassador for VHI parkrun

By Jen Hogan

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An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics

Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss supreme court over stripping of Olympic bronze

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Ireland’s most unexpected Olympic medal

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The Corkman once hailed in the US as ‘the Cajun sportsman of the century’

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The race walker who broke his back just days before the 2004 Athens Olympics

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Mary Purcell: A pioneering multi-distance athlete for whom anything seemed possible

By Ian O'Riordan

The meteoric rise and notorious fall of a long-distance runner

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The surprising story of who won Ireland’s first Olympic medal and for what it was awarded

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Maybe ‘Rattle’ Barrett chopped off his nose and stuck it back on. It is hard to separate the man from the myths

By Dave Hannigan

An Olympian, a revolutionary and a Christy Moore song: Bob Hilliard was the boxing Irish clergyman who fought against Franco

By Mary Hannigan

Olympian David Gillick: ‘I coach children. It can be hard dealing with parents ... some get so caught up on results’

An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics

Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss supreme court over stripping of Olympic bronze

Paralympians in the news

Paralympic cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy: ‘I want to inspire visually impaired children and the LGBT community to not give up’

Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn tops latest world breaking rankings despite Olympic flop

Raucous Dublin Airport homecoming reception for Team Ireland Paralympians ‘brilliant to see’

Paralympics: Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win silver in women’s B road race

Paris to name sports venue after Ugandan Olympic marathon runner killed in petrol attack

Bed found for 8ft 1 Iranian Paralympian forced to sleep on floor in Paris

Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win gold in Paralympic time-trial

‘There is lots more in the tank’: Orla Comerford happy with Paralympics bronze, for now

Ireland’s Róisín Ní Riain claims second Paralympic medal with bronze in 200m IM

Paralympics Day 7: Irish in action and best of the rest as cyclists switch from the velodrome to the roads

Paralympics Day 6: Irish in action and best of the rest as Ellen Keane takes to the pool one last time for Team Ireland

Italian sprinter Alessandro Ossola fails to qualify for final but has win with proposal on track

‘We are always proud of each other’: Ireland’s MacCombe sisters celebrate strong showing in Paralympic triathlon

Paris mayor sparks row with plan to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower

North Korean table tennis players may be punished for Olympic podium selfie with South Korean rivals

‘I’ve failed miserably at a lot of things’: Olympic champions humble as ever on return to Skibbereen

Paralympics Day 4: Irish in action and best of the rest as MacCombe twins bring sibling rivalry to para triathlon

Paralympics: Greta Streimikyte sets new European record but finishes outside the medals in Paris

Paralympics Day 3: Irish in action and best of the rest as Shauna Bocquet and Greta Streimikyte in finals

‘I gave it my all’: Medal finish in Paris not to be for Ellen Keane

Paralympics Day 2: Irish in action and best of the rest as Ellen Keane begins gold defence

More Than the Games: A look at the stories from the first day of the Paralympic Games

Paralympics 2024 - Meet Team Ireland

Was Rhasidat Adeleke unfairly denied an Olympic bronze medal in Paris?

Daniel Wiffen urges State to build more 50m swimming pools across the country

Bahrain charged with ‘serious anti-doping rule violations’ before Paris Olympics

JD Sports reports sales rise in volatile market

Rhasidat Adeleke and Daniel Wiffen voted Team Ireland’s most marketable athletes

Irish sprinter Israel Olatunde to join Olympic champion Noah Lyles’s elite training group

Kellie Harrington named Sportswoman of the Month for July

Ian O’Riordan: Athletics deserves a bigger share of the sport funding pie

Your highlights of the Olympics: ‘The Italia ‘90 moment for the next generation’

Donohoe signals more State funding for sport after success at the Olympic Games

IOC’s self praise jars when self reflection is required

Sonia O’Sullivan: Lessons in finishing fourth in the Olympics will stand to Rhasidat Adeleke

Athletics facilities: Dublin well-served but Cork among large parts of the country severely lacking

JK Rowling and Elon Musk named in Imane Khelif cyberbullying lawsuit

Dutch beach volleyball player who raped child breaks silence over Olympics

Ireland and Unifil reject Israel’s request to remove peacekeepers from Lebanese border outpost

Accusations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs read like something from a horror movie

U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr can’t live with work done on his Howth property

‘Outrageous’ of Israel to threaten peacekeepers in Lebanon, President Michael D Higgins says

Northern Lights: All you need to know about ‘breathtaking’ display visible ‘all over’ Ireland

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