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Irish athlete and RT analyst Thomas Chamney assess the chances of the Irish men's squad ahead of the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg this weekend.

Double European cross-country champion Fionnuala Britton is certainly not using Christmas as an excuse to rest on her laurels.

After he ran in the 200m heats at the Olympics in August, Paul Hession made a number of perceptive comments about the state of Irish athletics.

Foley Antiques team Caroline Wilkinson and Alan Redmond , and Grace McGraw pictured with boxer Kenneth Egan and RTE radio Mooney Show presenter Brenda Donoghue from Newbridge, at the presentation on the Mooney show at Foley Antiques, Naas, last Tuesday, of Kenneth's famous jacket worn on RTE during the Olympics.

It's a wet afternoon in Donegal, the Olympics have been done and dusted and Ireland team manager Patsy McGonagle is in the form for reflecting.