What a weekend of athletics. Kate O’Connor is exceptional. 3 global podiums in a row (with a European medal too) is outstanding. 🇮🇪🏆👑
What a talent & what a coaching team effort led by her Dad 💪❤️
Marriage Tip:
Every time you talk to your wife your brain should remember that this conversation is being recorded for training and quality purposes.
Anything you say can and will be used for reference in the future.
WE NEVER LEARNT…
"It wasn't Hitler, Göring, Göbbels, Himmler and all those who were called that, who abducted and beat me.
No! It was the shoemaker, the neighbor, the
grocer, the milkman, the postman.
They got a uniform and then they were the master race."
Michael O’Connor has been named the 2025 Coaching Achievement Award winner ⭐️
A lifelong learner and dedicated strategist, Michael has shaped Irish combined events for more than two decades and guided his daughter Kate to a historic global silver at the @WATokyo25 🥈
Full press release 🔗 https://t.co/CTA1GDngcl
#AthleticsAwards
“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
| Paulo Coelho
Team Ireland athletes Mark English with his bronze medal from the men's 800m, Sarah Healy with her gold medal from the women's 3000m and Kate O'Connor with her bronze medal from the women's pentathlon at the European Athletics Indoor Championships! 🥳
📸 @SportsfileSam
Great to see! Silver medal for @runmollyrun101 in National Senior 100mH
Congratulations to @sarahlavin_ on a very special performance in that rain and to Kate Doherty .
@egansadventures This a special photo in my home , great to see all lining up yesterday . So much talent in there. Life gets in the way but you never give up !
@runmollyrun101 crosses another finish line .. with a "legal" wind ! Very proud day as Molly called to the Bar of Ireland by the Chief Justice. @KingsInns