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Liffey Swim 2011, a set on Flickr.

Liffey Swim 2011, a set on Flickr.

TRIATHLON: A brilliant cycle gave the veteran Matt Molloy victory in the Gatorade Dublin City Triathlon held in perfect conditions at the Phoenix Park on Sunday August 28. Last July, UK-based Molloy made his Ironman debut in Klagenfurt, Austria, clocking a time of just under 9 hours 3 minutes. On a good day for Ironmen […]

TRIATHLON: A brilliant cycle gave the veteran Matt Molloy victory in the Gatorade Dublin City Triathlon held in perfect conditions at the Phoenix Park on Sunday August 28. Last July, UK-based Molloy made his Ironman debut in Klagenfurt, Austria, clocking a time of just under 9 hours 3 minutes. On a good day for Ironmen […]

Linda Byrne Between the Longford Marathon and the Warriors’ Run , a healthy 1,300 men and women were racing long distances in tough terrain over the weekend. Clearly there’s no sign of the long-distance running boom vanishing any time soon. In Longford, it was girl power all the way. Tullamore’s Pauline Curley, winner of he […]

Linda Byrne Between the Longford Marathon and the Warriors’ Run , a healthy 1,300 men and women were racing long distances in tough terrain over the weekend. Clearly there’s no sign of the long-distance running boom vanishing any time soon. In Longford, it was girl power all the way. Tullamore’s Pauline Curley, winner of he […]

SQUASH: A capacity crowd watched as 41-year-old as Dubliner Derek Ryan was presented with a world record 200th cap at the Men’s World Team Squash Championship in Paderborn, Germany. Ryan, one of Irish sport’s most popular figures, played at his first world team championship in 1989. In a long career as a professional player, he […]

SQUASH: A capacity crowd watched as 41-year-old as Dubliner Derek Ryan was presented with a world record 200th cap at the Men’s World Team Squash Championship in Paderborn, Germany. Ryan, one of Irish sport’s most popular figures, played at his first world team championship in 1989. In a long career as a professional player, he […]

Clonliffe and Dundrum South Dublin made it a Dublin double at a memorable  Woodie’s DIY League Track and Final League final in Tullamore. For Clonliffe, it was a fourth consecutive win in men’s premier division. It didn’t come easy, with a gallant team from St Abban’s chasing hard and neither clubs dominant across the board. […]