Is there any greater joy than discovering there are direct flights from Shannon to your conference destination? Perhaps not. Those three little words — Flights from Shannon — are enough to warm the heart of […]
Category: Research
Exploring the Female Athlete Experience in High-Performance Coaching – PESS Intern, Ellie McCartney.
What was your role during the internship?During my eight-week PESS internship, I conducted a qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of female athletes in high-performance environments. My role involved designing and implementing a narrative-based […]
Deconstructing the standards for ‘high quality’ initial teacher education in Ireland: implications for teacher educators’ professional learning and agency – Dr. Antonio Calderon
This paper invites reflection and invites teacher educators to move from passively accepting imposed policy frameworks, to actively engaging with them to foster innovation, growth, and critical dialogue. It critically examines the Céim: Standards for Initial […]
PESS Faculty Represented at the FSEM 21st Annual Scientific Conference – Prof. Tom Comyns, Prof. Brian Carson, and Dr. John noone.
On September 19th, 2025, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), in association with the Irish […]
Exercise Leaves a Molecular Imprint on Insulin Sensitivity in Human Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells – Dr. John Noone
MoTrPAC (the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium) is a large-scale, National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded research initiative designed to map the molecular changes that occur in response to exercise. The goal is to build […]
The influence of gamification on the type of student motivation in physical education
This study highlights a nuanced impact of gamification in education: it reliably raises students’ extrinsic motivation, especially introjected regulation, while risking displacement of deeper, self-determined drives. The implication is to redesign toward purpose-rich mechanics that […]
The Road to designing integrated neuromuscular training programs for children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Dr. Mark Lyons
Integrative neuromuscular training (INT) combines motor competence and strength development to boost athletic performance, but its specific components and effects on children and adolescents are not well understood. Three predetermined principles (INT exercise categories, INT progression modalities, […]
The effect of exercise training on anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials – Professor Matthew Herring
This novel meta-analysis estimated the population effect of exercise training on anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents, and determined whether effects varied based on features of the exercise stimulus and participant characteristics. Across 39 effects […]
Is Run-Jump-Throw the way to go for developing young athletes? – dr phil kearney.
Dr Phil Kearney recently had an article published on RTÉ Brainstorm: Phil discussed: How useful is it for young athletes to compete in multi-events? The need to consider the range of sports that a young […]
Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a resistance exercise training to treat major depression via cerebrovascular mechanisms (RESIST Trial) – Professor Matthew Herring
Based on the ORBIT module for behavioral intervention development, this is the first confirmatory IIc efficacy study protocol of using 16-weeks of guidelines-based moderate-to-high intensity resistance exercise training (RET) to treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) […]
