One of Ireland’s greatest sporting figures has paid tribute to a group of 70 brave Irish transplant and dialysis athletes who will wear the green singlet at a major European Games in Dublin next month.
It is Ireland’s first time to host the European Transplant & Dialysis Games, when over 350 athletes from 24 European countries [...]
Grey skies, grey weather and, to be brutally honest, more than a smattering of grey hair came together at a special boot camp run by Fitnesswest.ie to test the premise of the GAA that a referees who are over 50 will no longer be allowed to ref inter-county games, writes JOHN CULHANE.
A number of my [...]
A newly-launched west of Ireland ‘bootcamp’ is claiming to have “the most scenic bootcamp location anywhere in the world” – and it’s even prepared to put its money where its mouth is in a novel beauty contest.
Not a bad view at all – Croagh Patrick in the background, Clew Bay is not visible here, but [...]
Could you run over 800 miles in a month and a day? That’s the ambitious challenge facing long distance runners Gerry Duffy and Ken Whitelaw next July and August as they aim to run 32 marathons in 32 consecutive days across the 32 counties of Ireland to raise money for autism charities Autism NI and [...]
