Leona Byrne ran 9.22 to place 6th in the third of three qualifying heats in the 60m hurdles.

Brian Doyle ran a personal best time of 48.63 to place 3rd in the fifth heat in the opening round of the 400-metre event. Later on Saturday, Doyle, 29, ran another PB, placing 3rd in his semifinal race with a time of 47.89. Doyle placed third in Sunday's final with an impressive 48.28 clocking in a race won by Cardiff's Gareth Warburton.

Stephen Fleming (Crusaders AC) placed 7th in the long jump with a leap of 7.09m. Fleming, 34, had jumps of 6.75m, 7.02m, 7.09m, 6.95m, 6.99m and finished with a foul.

Two weeks later, Fleming set a personal best of 7.41m placing 4th at the Swedish National Championships held in Göteborg, Sweden on 25th February 2007. He qualified for the final with a 7.04 leap on Saturday.

Sharon Heveran (Westport AC) placed 7th in the high jump in 1.80m. Heveran, 21, set her indoor personal best of 1.83m a fortnight earlier in Budapest.

Leevale's Ailis McSweeney placed 2nd in Heat 1 of the opening round of the 60 metres in 7.61.

McSweeney, 23, placed 5th in the semifinal in 7.64 and did not advance to the final.

Claire Brady (Celbridge AC) placed 3rd in her opening round race in a seasonal best of 7.79 but did not qualify for the semifinal.

Paul Hession (Athenry AC) won his opening round race in the 60-metre event in 6.78. Hession, 24, placed 2nd in his semifinal race with a time of 6.67 and ran 6.68 to place 8th in the final.

The Irish took 7th (Kelly Proper - Ferrybank AC) and 8th (Mandy Gault - Lagan Valley AC) in women's long jump with leaps of 5.86m and 5.50m respectively.

Ian McDonald (Crusaders AC) ran a personal best of 8.21 to place 6th in heat 3 of 4 in the opening round of the 60m Hurdles.

UCC's Orla Drumm captured the bronze medal in the women's 1,500 metres. Drumm, 23, ran a personal best time of 4.21.12 improving on her 4.23.10 set at the same meet in Sheffield a year ago. Drumm has set several personal bests during this indoor campaign including 2.49.03 (1,000m) and 9.41.00 (3,000m).

Sara Barry (Dundrum South Dublin) placed 9th in the triple jump in 12.27m. Barry, 23, set her personal best of 12.43m, a week earlier in Cardiff.

Mark Christie (Mullingar Harriers) ran 8.06.88 to place 4th in 3,000 metres. Mo Farah, the reigning European Cross Country champion won the event in 7.50.86.

The biggest story of the meeting from an Irish perspective was the unbelievable transition from the 400m to the 800m by David McCarthy (Le Cheile AC). McCarthy, who placed 5th in the 400m (46.61) at 2003 World Athletics Championships, ran 1.51.05 to place 2nd in his qualifying race on Saturday. On Sunday, McCarthy, still only 23, ran a massive personal best of 1.49.53 to place 4th in the 800m final.