Paul Hession

@gregallenRTE I raced in Lausanne and Bislett on a few occasions. Both outstanding meetings in super stadia. I think having an established elite meeting like those helps athletics development in those countries and attracts 💰💰 for the local athletes who otherwise struggle financially.

Have travelled much of Europe’s great athletic venues. Many like Lausanne,Bislett,Stade Charlety in Paris,Amsterdam & Zurich (just ones I’ve visited) are small 10-30,000 max capacity. Oh to have even an 8000-10,000 state of art oval seated athletic stadium….anywhere in Ireland…

I realise I am subject to significant recency and sprint biases and Sonia, Ronnie et al were incredible but we have always produced individual freaks of nature. To have 4 homegrown women run legs under 50 secs on average in the final of the Olympics is the stuff of fantasy.

We've had some special runs in Irish athletics over the years - Sonia, the walkers, Derval, John Treacy, the 80s middle distance lads, Ronnie Delaney - but that run by the Irish relays girls could be the most incredible of them all. 3:19 for 4th in Olympic final is mind boggling

And that performance has to be up there with the best Irish team performance by any team in any sport ever. 4th in the Olympics in an event that is widely practiced in nearly every country in the world. Well done ladies, you did Ireland proud!

Also have to acknowledge how significant this run was. Shows the state of Irish male sprinting at the moment that this is not the main story!

Great run again by @IsraelOlatunde5 Was worth staying up to watch it from Oz! Now he's going to be targeting a final in European indoors and then who knows....

What an fantastic series of runs by @IsraelOlatunde5 at the Europeans. Congrats on the Irish record but more importantly on showing you can mix it with the best when it matters most!

@OliveLoughnane @DavidGillick @davehooperSSNS Anything beyond 250 nearly killed me....nearly needed a stretcher after that 300m in Ostrava that Gillick's talking about. Still remember it to this day. Pure lactic pain!

@DavidGillick @phession @davehooperSSNS 😂😂😂 brilliant!

I think the indoors gave a lot of us a good springboard! Helped me really focus on getting my 60m times down by giving me a championships to work towards. Really beneficial come the summer when I was back running the longer distances.

@anna100m Long time no see. Hope you are well!

@phession Birmingham 2007 holds some fond memories Paul - you were a fantastic sprinter 👏🏻

Watching the 60m from European Indoors bringing back memories. Hard to believe it's 14 years since I made the final in Birmingham...! Really kickstarted a few good years for me.

Excellent article summing up the reality of being a doctor in this country. I've had three 27h shifts in the last week. Sometimes we forget that that is just not normal in other jobs!

@DavidGillick @OliveLoughnane @derrymcveigh @SilverHatchSP @irishathletics @EuroAthletics @TeamIreland I'm blushing! Hope everyone keeping safe and sane in these testing times.

@OliveLoughnane @derrymcveigh @SilverHatchSP @irishathletics @EuroAthletics @TeamIreland @phession Legend!

Not to mention the amazing staff at @RotundaHospital. Like the rest of our health service they are providing great healthcare in difficult conditions.

A big thank you to frontline staff from @DubFireBrigade and @AmbulanceNAS who assisted in getting my wife to hospital asap yesterday evening after a pregnancy complication. A healthy baby boy is the best possible outcome, and mum doing great!

Excellent reflection by @MarMar400 on the frustrations of being a doctor in Ireland. Especially when you have a young family - more common nowadays with graduate entry medicine. independent.ie/irish-news/thi…

@ESBNetworks Power outage in The Coast, Baldoyle. Heard neighbours alarms go off at the same time so suspect it's not just our house.

@derrymcveigh 12 fast years Derry. That was the beginning of a super 2 year period for me. Was great to run fast on home soil.

@philhealy2 @irishathletics @ClubTLG @mcwexford @KieranMcC_SS @KineticaSports @galvinsports @waterfordit @Jeremy_P_Lyons Well done Phil on your recent runs. Great to see new ground being broken in Irish sprinting.

A Great day in Geneva rounds off what has been a super few days 😊A new 200m and 400m Pb today with 23.17 and 52.19, and 2x European A standards🙌🏻 Thanks to everyone for their support over the last week 😊

@marcus_lawler Good stuff Marcus. You have become very consistent. Usually a sign you are due to drop a big run.

Nice to get another win over the 200m in a wet and windy Salamanca 🇪🇸 20.81 (0.6)