There’s a glint in Thomas Barr’s eye. There’s an excitement in his voice. You can’t escape the buzz off him, the sort of buzz you’d get from a fella who’s wandering around an airport departure zone,  mind racing and life before him. It’s not holidays this man is dreaming of. While fast-times and personal bests […]

5 years ago

‘We’d been doing athletics since I was 11 and he was 8 but growing up the Olympics was never something we had talked about,’ – Jessie Barr. Thomas and Jessie Barr were regular siblings growing up in Dunmore East, county Waterford, but regular siblings don’t always go on to represent their country at the Olympic […]

7 years ago

European bronze medalist Thomas Barr was bumped out of the 400m final at the Irish Life Health National Indoor Championships in Abbotstown on Sunday. Barr came back towards the starting blocks of the first lap during the final before he was bumped off his line by Andrew Mellon with runners free to change lanes during the […]

7 years ago

Irish hurdler Thomas Barr became the first Irish man to claim a medal in 84 years at the European championships when he won bronze in the 400m hurdle final in Berlin on Thursday. Barr clocked a time of 48.31 to finish in third place behind Turkey’s Yasmani Copello and Norway’s Karsten Warholm. Barr finished in fourth place […]

8 years ago

This is some going

8 years ago

A bet is a bet, and Peter Collins never welches on a bet. This has been a summer to remember for so many Irish runners, swimmers, hockey players, jockeys, hurlers and more. Thomas Barr came to the medal party that was kicked off, on Sunday, by Ireland’s women’s hockey team and preceded by the achievements […]

8 years ago