Sportswoman of the Year selected after a 2025 to remember for Irish athletes
Judges had to choose from an illustrious list of 15 across several sports
Katie-George Dunlevy
Irish Para-cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy
From Tokyo to Istanbul and Croke Park: the top 25 moments of the year in women’s sport
World and European champions, record-setters and mould-breakers, Irish sportswomen had another stellar year
Beyond Skorts: How Ireland’s sportswomen kept clearing impossibly high bars in 2025
Away from the rí-rá of the skorts debate, Irish women offered a bounty of sporting firsts in 2026
Katie George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly named Sportswomen of the Month for August
The duo defended both their Time Trial and Road Race world titles
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly defend World Championships title in the Road Race
Second gold of the world championships for pair in Ronse, Belgium
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly take gold at World Championships
Irish duo defend their tandem time trial title with dominant performance in Belgium
Sarah Healy looking to cash in on summer of consistency at Diamond League final
Last stop on Diamond League circuit is final meeting before World Championships in Tokyo
Sportswoman of the Year Awards: Celebration of women’s achievements hits its 20th year
Monthly winners this year included Kellie Harrington, Rachael Blackmore and Rhasidat Adeleke
Paul O’Donovan named RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year 2024
Paralympic medallist Róisín Ní Ríain chosen as Young Sportsperson of the Year
The top 25 women’s sporting moments of the year: top spot revealed with Katie Taylor, Rhasidat Adeleke and Kellie Harrington featuring
Our countdown of the 25 moments that defined women’s sport in Ireland this year
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win gold again at World Championships
Josephine Healion and Eve McCrystal take bronze in Zürich after string of fourth-place finishes
Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win gold in World Championship time-trial
Irish pair defend their title in Zurich as Josephine Healion and Eve McChrystal finish fourth
Paralympic cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy: ‘I want to inspire visually impaired children and the LGBT community to not give up’
The most decorated Irish Paralympic athlete of all time on what keeps her going, family support and coming out out ‘really late at the age of 29′
Raucous Dublin Airport homecoming reception for Team Ireland Paralympians ‘brilliant to see’
Sprinter Orla Comerford says homecoming has been a ‘lifetime in the making’, while cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy says she’s ‘just delighted for the whole team, it’s really, really brilliant’
Paralympics chief says athletes should not be sidelined from funding and awards
Call for equal Government interest, media coverage and recognition of athletes during awards season after Games
Paralympics: Alice Tai measures up again as she reaps medal haul
Paralympics: British swimmer Alice Tai had her leg amputated below the knee in 2022 but has come back as strong as ever
Paralympics: Female athletes light a flame of hope, firing up the art of the possible
All six of Ireland’s podium finishes in Paris so far have been achieved by women - all of whom have a vision impairment
Paralympics: Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win silver in women’s B road race
Team GB’s Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl take gold with final sprint
Paralympics Day 9: Irish in action and best of the rest as Katie-George Dunlevy chases gold again
Paralympics Day 9: Katie-George Dunlevy with her pilot Linda Kelly will feature in the 99-kilometre Women’s B road race as will Josephine Healion and Eva McCrystal
Bed found for 8ft 1 Iranian Paralympian forced to sleep on floor in Paris
Paralympics 2024: Ecuador accused of allowing non-disabled athletes to compete at Games
Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win gold in Paralympic time-trial
Dunlevy completes a hat-trick of wins in the event after also taking gold in Tokyo and Rio with Eve McCrystal
Paralympics: Silver lining at the end of the track for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
Paralympic Games: The duo were not expecting a fairytale ending to their 10-year partnership, but their last race together was a dream come true
Paralympics: Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal scoop silver to end golden partnership
Paralympic Games: Tandem track cycling pair finish just behind British team in B 3,000m to bring curtain down on one of greatest Irish sports pairings
Paralympics Day 4: Irish in action and best of the rest as MacCombe twins bring sibling rivalry to para triathlon
Cassie Cava is also in para triathlon action for Ireland, while four Irish athletes are competing in the velodrome
Shauna Bocquet qualifies for 5,000m final on a good day for Galway contingent
‘I was smiling as I was going around because all I could hear was my name being chanted,’ said Craughwell native
Paralympics: Complete day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes in action in Paris
Ireland will compete across nine sports over the 10 days in Paris
Eddie Dunbar wins Tour de Hongrie for second professional win
Corkman attacked with two kilometres remaining in final stage to seal victory
Dunlevy and Kelly dominate Paracycling World Cup time trial
They finished a staggering three minutes 54 seconds ahead of British silver medallists
2021: The year in highlights
From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped
Irish Sportswoman of the Year awards 2021: Tough choice in an exceptional year
So many of our sportswomen dominated the headlines and took over the front pages
The top 25 moments in women’s sport in 2021
Mary Hannigan and Malachy Clerkin look back on the year’s most memorable events
The biggest stories of 2021 belonged to sportswomen
Avalanche of firsts and emergence of stars a sign of shifting landscape in Irish sport
Katie McCabe named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for November
Versatile 26-year-old has been in outstanding form for club and country this season
‘I’ve quite a small field of vision – less than 5%’
Three members of Fighting Blindness tell how their eye conditions impact their lives
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