Emer Hillery

Can you believe it’s Masters Week again in just 7 days time. Where has that year gone? Scary. Can’t wait though. 🌺😍💪

Shane Lowry hits fourth PGA ace #RTESport rte.ie/sport/golf/202…

Some important questions re @JennyMeadows800, Trevor Painter and their set up. How can they be recognised/rewarded for their outstanding contribution to UK Athletics? And how can their achievements and culture be replicated on a larger scale across the sport?

One thing about Kate O’Connor’s bronze. It was the closest she’s come to gold in spite of dropping back a medal colour. It left a taste of ‘nearly’ about it. Her Irish record would’ve won gold at the last World C’ships. This medal streak is phenomenal & not to be underestimated.

Sean O'Shea with an outrageous 2 pointer off the deck for @Kerry_Official 🎯 #AllianzLeagues #KERvMAY

It is incredibly sad to learn of the passing of Ron Delany, whose Olympic 1500m victory in Melbourne – remaining Ireland’s last Olympic gold in athletics – made him a colossus of Irish athletics. Ron inspired generations of Irish athletes through his successes in US collegiate track and field. His athletics career burned incredibly brightly but relatively briefly before he transplanted his uncompromising drive and will on the track to a successful career in business and as an inspiring leader in Irish sport over several decades. I cherished his support, friendship, and the moments we shared together, not least at the World Athletics Heritage Mile Night in 2019 when we brought together the band of brothers whose feats in the mile distance resonated across the sporting world. worldathletics.org/news/news/ron-…

Some points of interest - 7 Ulster players in the 23, 12 months after having zero - Big reprieve for Stockdale, needs to take it - Tough on TOB to be left out - Timoney earned a start - Frawley wearing #23 instead of #22 is a crime - No place for SP, even with 5/3 - No Bundee

Clearly gutted, skipping media would’ve been the easy route to take especially as Shane has been in this position too frequently recently. Instead he fronts up in the only way he knows. Doesn’t do monosyllabic responses even in a pit of disappointment. Just heart on his sleeve..

🦅 EAGLE LANDS FOR LOWRY — He leads outright in Palm Beach Gardens. 🇮🇪 @LowryTracker

6.17m!!!🤯🔥🔥 World Lead ☑️ 2nd best alltime ☑️ Emmanouil Karalis 🇬🇷 has gone over a massive 6.17m in the men's Pole Vault at the Greek Indoor Championships!! He becomes the 2nd best Pole Vaulter in history, only behind Mondo Duplantis. Wow!

SECOND HIGHEST VAULT IN HISTORY!!!!!!! Emmanouil Karalis 🇬🇷 clears 6.17m in the men’s pole vault at the Greek Indoor Championships. 🤯🔥 Only Mondo Duplantis 🇸🇪 has only vaulted higher. 🎥 SEGAS (IG)

A 63 on moving day 🤩 @ShaneLowryGolf goes 8-under to tie for the lead heading into Sunday @The_Cognizant.

Good day at the office ☘️

Keely Hodgkinson says she feels "closer than ever" to breaking the women's 800m outdoor record - the longest-standing world record in athletics 🤯

Rory McIlroy’s birdie on the final hole earned him $600,000 more than if he had made par. 💰

Rory McIlroy finished T2 at the Genesis Invitational. Clueless reporter: Was it almost cruel to see that one on 18 go in after so many slipped by earlier? Rory: No not really, I mean it probably earned me an extra $400,000 or $500,000 so it was fine.

How she did it... Keely Hodgkinson went out FAST. 💨 SPLITS 200m – 26.47 400m – 55.56 (29.09) 600m – 1:25.06 (29.50) 800m – 1:54.87 (29.81) WORLD RECORD

SHE'S DONE IT!!! 🤯🤯🤯 Keely Hodgkinson with the performance of a lifetime, she SMASHES the women's 800m indoor record - running 1:54.87 in Lievin. Take a bow, @keelyhodgkinson! 👏 #EuropeanAthletics #WorldIndoorTour

Queen Keely 👑

51.85 for Sharlene Mawdsley in Liévin, an Athletics Ireland B standard for the World Indoors, and just 0.1 outside the Auto Q. trackathletes.ie/athlete/sharle…