From speed on the track to inspiration on the beach, and Marty Morrissey’s camera work to to Irish Rugby wins away from the Guinness Six Nations…

 

Israel Olatunde was the star of the 123.ie Irish National Indoor Athletics Championships. He now holds the national record for the fastest 60 metres and 100 metres, making him without doubt Ireland’s fastest athlete.


 

The SSE Airtricity League of Ireland returned at the weekend with a cracker of a game and atmosphere at Turners Cross and an impressive new suite of graphice on the TV coverage, live streams and social media.
 


 

The United Rugby Championship was back to the fore in rugby this weekend and Connacht siezed the moment iin the spotlight with no fewer than nine tries in their win over Zebre.
 


 

There was a full house at Gowran Park on Saturday with a sponsor initiative deliveraing a full house attendance of 10,000 and not a space to be had in any area of the hospitality, general admision or any other area on the course.
 


 

The Combined Provinces side made it three wins from three in the Celtic Challenge development tournament, setting the scene nicely for the TikTok Women’s Six nations coming up next month.
 


 

It might only be February but there was no discguising the delight that Mayo took in scoring a big win over All Ireland Men’s Football Champions Kerry in Castlebar.

 


 

Marty Morrissey captured the emotion of Jarlath Burn’s election as the next President of the GAA when he met with the members of his Silverbridge club that had travelled to be with him at the GAA Congress in Croke Park.
 


 
And finally, we loved this story from the Para Swimming World Series in Australia. Congratulations to Nicole Turner won a Silver Medal but the inspiring moment was the sharing of this story from Ellen Keane meeting a young girl with a similar ‘magic fin’ on Bondi Beach in 2018 to competing against here five years later. That’s inspiring to achieve.