On the RTÉ coverage of the European Indoor Athletics Championships, Rob Heffernan spoke about the value for young athletes in training for and competing in running jumping and throwing events. Such a multi-event approach is […]
Category: Research
Reflections on My PhD Journey in PESS: The Final Stretch – Karol Dillon.
The Last Twelve Months: Research and Revisions The past year has been defined by the PhD intervention within a GAA development squad setting, chapter writing, journal submissions, and the inevitable revisions that accompany peer review. […]
Gateways and Pathways of Irish Para Sport Athletes: A Landmark Study in Partnership with Paralympics Ireland – dr sean healy & alan dineen.
A PESS research team recently concluded an exciting collaboration with Paralympics Ireland, delivering the most comprehensive examination to date of the experiences of Irish Para sport athletes and coaches. The mixed-methods study, funded by Paralympics […]
PESS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE MAY TO DECEMBER 2025.
The PESS Internship is an opportunity for UL students to spend up to eight weeks in PESS gaining experience in one of four research areas, (1) Food for Health, (2) Physical Activity and Health, (3) […]
Understanding Exercise Response Variation – Dr. John noone.
Response to exercise is dependent on a myriad of factors leading to comprehensive but sometimes completely byzantine adaptations. Understanding these adaptations is integral for the development of comprehensive exercise programmes be that for optimal sporting […]
Presenting at a conference as a Professional Doctorate student – Keith Costello.
Professional Doctorate student Keith Costello and co-supervisor Dr Phil Kearney recently attending the International Motor Development Research Consortium (IMDR-C) in Coventry. In this blog, they discuss the conference. PK: So we were at the International […]
Quality research in motor learning: The role of manipulation checks – Dr Phil Kearney.
PESS staff members Dr Phil Kearney and Dr Frank Nugent, alongside PESS Graduate Niamh Curran, recently published an article in the Journal of Motor Learning and Development. The focus of the article was the […]
First-of-its-kind all-island research centre launches to tackle gender gap in sports science – Catherine Norton RD, PhD
A first-of-its-kind all-island research consortium has been established to tackle the gender gap in sport and health science. The cross-university research consortium, named míde, aims to understand and improve the health, wellbeing, participation and performance of girls […]
RUGBY SCIENCE RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY THE ERASMUS+ STAFF MOBILITY FUND – Professor Ian kenny.
For over 15 years PESS have collaborated with South African researchers at Stellenbosch University in sports sciences, coaching science, and adapted physical activity teaching and research. We have been fortunate to avail of Erasmus+ mobility […]
Social media: yet another challenge for high-performance youth athletes? – Luke McInerney.
A few months ago, I wrote about the early stages of research into the support networks of Irish high-performance youth athletes. The last number of months have been spent conducting semi-structured interviews with youth athletes […]
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