Interview: This is still not easy. Downstairs, the great and good of Irish athletics are gathering for their annual awards, celebrating a year that launched track and field back into the mainstream. In a while, Ciara Mageean will go and get her gúna on and head down to be feted for the European gold she won in Rome in June. But first, Paris.

It’s still all just a bit raw. Nothing compared to what it was on that Monday in August when she had to admit defeat and pull out of the Olympic 1,500m. But still enough for her voice to catch a couple of times as we speak, for the devastation she felt to bubble briefly to the surface. Read more https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2024/11/21/ciara-mageean-i-just-felt-numb-it-wasnt-even-sadness-it-was-just-emptiness/