Athletics Ireland are pleased to announce that a further five athletes have been added to the team for the forthcoming European Indoor Championships in Madrid, Spain on 4th - 6th March making it the largest Irish team ever for these Championships.

James Nolan (1500m) and Peter Coghlan (60m H) were both added after showing some outstanding form in the past week.

Nolan, a silver medallist from the event in 2000, ran a season's best of 3.41.91 in Madrid on Thursday while Coghlan won a 55m hurdles event in Clemson University in the US on Saturday night.

Nolan also placed 4th on Saturday in 2.21.67 at the Gaz de France meeting over 1,000 metres. The Athebs Olympian goes to 5th on Irish indoor all time list for the distance.

Women
60m Ailis McSweeney (Leevale AC), Emily Maher (Kilkenny City Harriers)
200m Ciara Sheehy (Dublin City Harriers)
1500m Róisín McGettigan (Slí Chúlainn AC)
60m Hurdles Derval O'Rourke (Leevale AC)
High Jump Deirdre Ryan (University College Dublin)

Men
60m Jer O'Donoghue (Leevale AC)
60m Hurdles Peter Coghlan (Crusaders AC)
200m Paul Hession (Athenry AC), Paul Brizzel (Ballymena & Antrim)
400m David Gillick (Dundrum South Dublin), Rob Daly (DSD), David McCarthy (Celbridge AC)
1500 James Nolan (UCD)
3000m Alistair Cragg (Clonliffe Harriers), Mark Carroll (Leevale AC)

2005 Madrid European Indoor Athletics Championships website