Lawler and Scott named on Ireland squad for European Championships

Marcus Lawler and Molly Scott have been named on a strong looking Irish squad for next month’s European Championships in Birmingham.

Lawler, who competed at the Tokyo Olympic Games, will compete in both the 200m and the 4x100m relay.

The sprinter didn’t defend his 200m national crown at the National Championships in Santry last weekend as he recovered from slight groin strain but he will be fully fit for the European Championships, which run from 10-16 August, as he represents his country once again at international level.

This will be his fourth time to compete at the European Championships having previously ran 2016 (Amsterdam), 2018 (Berlin) and 2022 (Munich). Now 31, Lawler’s lifetime best in the 200m is 20.40 and he has ran 20.79 this season, when competing in Malaga in June.

Scott, meanwhile, has been named on the 4x100m relay team along with Lauren Roy, Ciara Neville, Sarah Leahy, Mollie O'Reilly and Lucy-May Sleeman. The St Laurence O’Toole AC sprinter won a bronze in the 100m National Championships last weekend.

Like Lawler, the now 27-year-old has extensive international experience. Most recently, she competed in the World Relay Championships Botswana last May.

The pair are part of a team of 47 Irish athletes who will be competing at the Championships.

Irish Team – European Athletics Championships, Birmingham:

Cian McPhillips (800m) 

Mark English (800m) 

Kate O'Connor (heptathlon) 

Sarah Healy (1500m, 5000m)

Israel Olatunde (100m, men’s 4x100m)

Sean Aigboboh (200m, men’s 4x100m)

Sharlene Mawdsley (400m, women’s 4x400m)

Nicola Tuthill (hammer)

Darragh McElhinney (5000m) 

Nick Griggs (5000m) 

Andrew Coscoran (1500m) 

Rhasidat Adeleke (200m, women’s 4x400m)

Lauren Roy (200m, women’s 4x100m)

David Kenny (half marathon race walk)

Sophie O'Sullivan (1500m)

Jack O'Leary (10,000m)

Oisin Lane (marathon race walk) 

Fionnuala McCormack (marathon) 

Sarah Lavin (100m hurdles)

Paul O’Donnell (marathon)

Bori Akinola (100m, men’s 4x100m)

Marcus Lawler (men’s 4x100m)

Ryan Mulholland (men’s 4x100m)

Lucas Fadden (men’s 4x100m)

Ciara Neville (100m, women’s 4x100m)

Lucy-May Sleeman (women’s 4x100m)

Sarah Leahy (women’s 4x100m)

Mollie O'Reilly (women’s 4x100m)  

Molly Scott (women’s 4x100m)

Jack Raftery (400m, men’s 4x400m) 

Andrew Egan (men’s 4x400m) 

Sean Doggett (men’s 4x400m) 

Joe Doody (men’s 4x400m) 

Ciaran Carthy (men’s 4x400m)

Darragh Murphy (men’s 4x400m) 

Sophie Becker (400m, women’s 4x400m) 

Rachel McCann (400m, women’s 4x400m) 

Cliodhna Manning (women’s 4x400m) 

Arlene Crossan (women’s 4x400m) 

Ryan Creech (marathon) 

David McGlynn (marathon) 

Eric Favors (shot put) 

Brian Fay (5000m) 

Cathal Doyle (1500m) 

Abbie Sheridan (3000m steeplechase) 

Jodie McCann (1500m) 

Niamh Allen (10,000m)