In the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, O'Rourke finished joint second with Kirsten Bolm and behind Swedish athlete and favourite, Susanna Kallur in a time of 12.72, a new national record. Later in the same championship O'Rourke ran the first leg for the Irish 4 x 100*m relay team which included Joanne Cuddihy, Ailis McSweeney, and Anna Boyle which set a new national record of 44.38*s. In 2007 Derval went to Osaka, Japan for the World Championships and qualified for the semi-finals but finished eighth. She had encountered an injury during the early part of the season in 2007.
Anna Boyle
Derval