'I just hoped the television was on at home and the girl from Conagh wasn't just feeling the pulse now, she was in the heart of the action...'

After a long stint serving Cork camogie, she's new operating in a vital role for Seandún GAA

Mallow native works tirelessly behind the scenes

Olympian and star on the European stage was picked as the 19th winner of the prestigious award

West Cork hammer thrower picked up the big prize with Tracey Sheehan and Julie Dwyer also hailed for their contribution to women's sport in Cork

Bandon AC runner has been in brilliant form either side of Christmas and picks up the award for December

Macroom native became a two-time AFLW Premiership winner in November

Meabh, Orlaith and Kate Cahalane landed titles with Éire Óg and St Finbarr's across two days they'll never forget

Star of Irish rowing for a decade, Mags made history again for Ireland last month when she won world gold with Fintan McCarthy in the mixed double sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China.

O'Donoghue was part of the team that won the All-Ireland Inter-club senior final on home soil, collecting the title-clinching point

O’Donovan Rossa star captained Cork to Munster and All-Ireland minor ladies football championship success this July

Nathalie captained Ireland at the Deaf Futsal World Cup and led her team to an historic semi final appearance against Brazil

Talented East Cork jockey won her fifth consecutive champion crown in May

Experienced midfielder was immense throughout the league and starred in the final against Galway

Despite her young age, she is already an Olympian and recently won Ireland its first-ever gold medal at the European Throwing Cup

Young star captured Cork and Munster titles to enhance her reputation as one of the best young boxers in Munster

Kilbree’s Caoimhe Murphy recently won the Purcell Cup All-Ireland final with Mary I and a rugby title with UL

Echo Women in Sport guest speaker on her own journey in basketball and ladies football and supporting the next generation

Marathon simmer Olga O’Sullivan wanted to use sport to honour memory of late husband Colm

New inductee has given more than 50 years to the sport she loves and her club Kerry Pike

Ballineen Bullet had a magnificent 2024 reaching new heights with Ireland and her own personal performances

Marie Keating was inducted into the Hall of Fame while Olga O'Sullivan collected the Outstanding Achievement award

Meet the talented athletes recognised for their excellence across 2024

Family and West Cork roots led to O'Mahony to become a leading light for the Rebels and Skibbereen

Rylane BC ace has pushed on again in 2024

St Finbarr's Aoife O'Neill was picked by the judges for helping her club land a first county since 2006

Recently, Sinead O’Connor won her third The Echo Women's Mini Marathon in five years, winning all three races she entered in that time.

Cork and Killeagh dynamo was picked as The Echo Women in Sport winner for August

O'Sullivan led the way for Ireland in their historic Euro qualifier win over France, scoring the opening goal in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Fresh off her 4x400 women’s relay silver medal at this year’s European Championships in Rome, Healy also retained her 200m national title

Townend captured the May award thanks to her first Grade One win on Redemption and the retaining of her status as the best amateur jockey in the country

Joy Sampson was honoured for her brilliant displays with Harlequins in April

Homan's player of the match performance in the final led her to being chosen as the Echo Women In Sport Award winner for March

Masters swimmer picked up a gold and two bronze medals in Doha

Brilliant young basketballer came up with big scores as the northside club landed their first cup

17-year-old Christ King student was picked for the Echo Women In Sport Outstanding Achievement award

St Val's club stalwart has made an incredible contribution on home turf and for Cork

The Echo team discuss the monthly and overall recipients at the 17th Echo Women in Sport awards, plus hear from inspirational guest speaker Joanne O'Riordan

Rylane BC sensation on what it took to turn underage talent into two national titles

Guest speaker at last week's Echo Women in Sport Awards delighted with the leaps made but knows that more can be done

Rylane BC dynamo was selected as the 17th Echo Sportswoman of the Year, while Marian Crowley and Aideen Mullins were also hailed for their achievements at The Metropole Hotel

Prestigious Women in Sport awards has crowned 16 previous overall winners, as well as honouring Outstanding Achievements and selecting members of the Hall of Fame

After shining at Croke Park in December, Roche helped her club complete a ladies football treble

On December 23rd Welch will break new ground once again when she takes charge of Fulham against Burnley.

Rylane Boxing Club ace collected a senior and elite double recently in what has been a great year for Cork boxing

Classy forward delivered in the semi-final and county final as Sarsfields were crowned Cork champions again

And this isn’t their first Olympic qualification either, they also qualified for Tokyo 2020, and can't wait to show their true colours at Paris 2024

O'Connor's hat-trick and overall performance in Cork's winning All-Ireland final sees her win the Echo Women in Sport award for August

Born a year and three months after her mother secured a medal at the Olympics in Australia, her own star is now most certainly on the ascendancy

Her weekly training schedule comprises of a two hour pool session, seven days a week from 5.30am, with an additional two hour pool session on Wednesday afternoons. 

Gifted Cork ladies footballers was in deadly form as the Rebels landed the Munster title

EIMEAR HUTCHINSON, a mum to four girls, and also an athletics coach asks how to keep girls interested in sports as they age

Rory Noonan interviews the Berrings athlete's stunning haul at the World Transplant Games

New period-friendly kit could be the gateway to better accessibility for women in sport, writes Prudence Wade.

Award-winning basketballer reflects on a brilliant Super League season with John Coughlan 

Cork native and Irish international talks to Ger McCarthy about her great start to the year as she's honoured by the Echo

Rory Noonan catches up with the MTU Cork captain and Cork ace who was picked by the Echo for her brilliance in the third level competition 

Saoirse McCarthy, Deirbhile Nic a Bháird and Claire O'Sullivan are the recipients for the first three months of 2023 

16th Women in Sport recipient was honoured at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Former Irish underage international picked camogie over soccer because of her pure love of the small-ball game

Former soccer and camogie star opened up about the challenges all athletes face at The Echo Women in Sport Awards

'We’re promoting camogie and we’ve come such a distance since I was going to school and we were togging off behind the ditch. That’s not too long ago. Look at what the players have now.' 

Leeside's best female athletes were honoured at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Camogie star Amy O'Connor wins the overall award, while camogie volunteer Mary Newman is inducted into the Hall of Fame

On Thursday night at Páirc Uí Chaoimh the 16th overall winner of the Echo Women in Sport award will be selected

Rory Noonan on the talented Cork athletes in the mix for the 16th overall Echo Women in Sport honour

Rory Noonan talks to December award winner Grace Young

Rory Noonan talks to our latest award winner, who has an All-Ireland final to look forward to this weekend

The Cork boxer wins the Echo prize for October for her outstanding performances in Budva with Ireland

Bronze medal winning rowers were selected for The Echo Women in Sport prize for September

Leesider recently won the World Youth MMA championships in Abu Dhabi

Talented Cork teen became the first female to win the prestigious Lee Swim

Cork and Inch Rovers ladies football ace is now showing her skills in Aussie Rules with Ireland and Cork Vikings

Deadly camogie forward was also a promising soccer player in her youth, as she explains to Rory Noonan

Veteran Church of Ireland star is the Echo Women in Sport winner for April

Basketball and athletics are the sports that our three winners participate in and all three are worthy winners of an Echo Women in Sport award

“The players accompanied my family and I to mammy’s grave and that was actually better than winning the title and something that I will hold close to my heart for the rest of my life."

'I won my first cross-country race for Leevale at U10 but I remember being a sub on the ‘C’ team for the 4x100 county championships.' 

Annette Quaid, Louise Shanahan and Claire Melia have been selected as the monthly winners for the first quarter of 2022

Leevale AC runner returned from Portugal recently with three goals medals and a silver

Eoghan Dinan profiles the Olympic bronze medallist and overall winner of the Echo's 15th Women in Sport awards

Rory Noonan looks at the incredible dedication the late Sharon O'Keeffe had to her sport and family

Rory Noonan looks at the brilliant forward's record of coming up with big scores in big games for Mourneabbey

Linda Mellerick interviews Seandún and Brian Dillon's Niamh O'Leary about securing a first county title last winter

Barbara O'Connell talks to the Ireland and Shelbourne striker about a memorable conclusion to 2021

Brilliant Republic of Ireland midfielder is now considered a club legend with North Carolina Courage, explains Andrew Horgan

Hudner's move to the Cork club has helped them rise to the top on Leeside and her reward is recognition in the popular Echo Women in Sport awards

Teenager from Cork picks up her second Echo Women in Sport award after going from sitting her Leaving Cert to taking on the best in Tokyo

She’s a gem of Skibbereen, and Emily Hegarty has an Olympic medal that she deserves, says Eoghan Dinan, one of our third quarter Echo Women in Sport award recipients

'I’ve been going since 1994 and I think I have done my bit'

Ballincollig runner has been picked for an Echo Women in Sport award after fulfilling a lifelong dream

Ballineen Bullet has collected another Women in Sport prize ahead of her trip to Toyko

Carrigaline native picked as an Echo Women in Sport award winner again for a gold medal display in Poland

Cork duo honoured by the Echo for their brilliance in Switzerland

Cork runner has been included in the Echo Women in Sports Awards for the first half of 2021 after a blistering race landed her a national title and a trip to the Olympics

Rowing exploits on the world stage have made the Ballincollig resident an Irish hero

Now in the 15th year of the prestigious scheme, you can send in your nominees for the top prizes

The Echo Sportswoman of the Year winner wouldn't let lockdown derail her bid for Olympic glory

Dedicated Clon club member has been selected for The Echo Women in Sport Awards Hall of Fame

A lethal weapon in ladies football and soccer, there's more to come from the young gun