Sophie Becker and the Irish 4x400m Mixed Relay team put in another stellar performance at the Olympic Stadium as they finished eighth in their final. This was the first time an Irish relay team had ever qualified for an Olympic relay final and they recorded a time of 3:15.04, the second fastest ever by an Irish quartet. The team lined up with the same personnel as the qualifying round, and…

Sophie Becker produced an excellent third leg on her Olympic debut as Ireland qualified for the 4x400m mixed relay final. Becker ran an excellent third leg from Phil Healy and handing over to Chris O’Donnell with Cillin Greene running the opening leg. The Irish team finished semi-final one fourth in 3:12.88 a national record. The top three qualified automatically for the final with the two fastest losers from both semi-finals….

The delayed 2020 Brian Holland Cup takes place this Tuesday evening August 3rd at 8pm. This is the 60th edition of the Brian Holland Cup and will take place on the traditional course starting at the taxi rank in Raheny village opposite the station house bar. The race moves past the shops onto watermill road down past manor house and onto the sea front turning left at black banks and…

Brian Fay wrote himself into the history books as he became the first Raheny Shamrock athlete ever to break the four minute mile barrier. Fay joined the elite band of milers when he clocked 3:58.91 at the Dave Clark mile in London on Wednesday night. The Feidhilm Kelly coached athlete set a new personal best and club record when he finished fourth in his race, which was won by Matthew…