The Irish Athletics Podcast

In this episode, host Cillian Sheeran is joined by Will Dalton of Virgin Media to preview the highly anticipated 123.ie National Indoor Athletics Championships. The pair break down the key match-ups, standout athletes and more!
Will also gives insight into where, when and how you can tune into the championships live on Virgin Media on Sunday.
We also hear from 3000m contender Darragh McElhinney as he shares his thoughts ahead of the championships, along with multi-eventer Anna McCauley, who discuss their preparations and ambitions for the weekend.

This episode is sponsored by 123.ie & Adidas

National leading 60m runner of the season Lauren Roy joins for this week's episode of the Irish Athletics podcast.

Fresh from personal bests over 60m and the 200m indoors Lauren is targeting several big events and championships on 2026.

Currently based at Tarleton State in Texas keep listening to hear her experience of the NCAA system and some of the different training methods she is using to run her fastest times ever.

Lauren also outlines some of her targets for the year and how she hopes to have more relay success with the Irish 4x100m squad.

The Irish Athletics Podcast is brought to you by Athletics Ireland and is proudly sponsored by 123.ie and Adidas.

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In this weeks episode of the Irish Athletics podcast, host Cillian Sheeran chats all things indoor season with RTE athletics commentator and a previous 800m National Record holder, David Matthews.

The Irish Athletics Podcast is brought to you by Athletics Ireland and is proudly sponsored by 123.ie & Adidas.

Young Irish athletes Eimear Cooney and Lorcan Forde Dunne were selected to compete in the high schoolers international mile at the recent World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Boston and join us in the bonus episode to share their experiences of the trip and goals for the year. Lorcan and Eimear are both members of County Louth-based Club Ace Athletics Club and share how they became involved in the relatively new club.

In this episode of the podcast host Cillian Sheeran speaks to Jack O'Leary following his break through year in 2025!

The Irish Athletics Podcast is brought to you by Athletics Ireland and is proudly sponsored by 123.ie & Adidas.