Your highlights of the Olympics: ‘The Italia ‘90 moment for the next generation’
We asked our readers to reflect on a special few weeks in Paris
Mona McSharry
Cork’s first Olympic-standard swimming pool sits in storage awaiting construction funds
Dolphin Swimming Club in Cork bought an Olympic-standard 50m swimming pool at a knockdown price from Birmingham after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
In Pictures: Team Ireland’s Olympic homecoming
Thousands lined O’Connell Street as Ireland’s athletes travelled back from Paris 2024
Daniel Wiffen sings and Kellie Harrington takes the biscuit at Irish Olympic homecoming
Simon Harris sounded giddy with excitement as large crowds gathered at the GPO
Large crowds gather to greet Kellie Harrington as double Olympic champion arrives home to Portland Row
Athletes receive warm reception after winning seven medals and challenging on many fronts in Paris
Ireland’s Olympics were emotional – deeply, achingly, and beautifully so
The athletes who wore green over the past 18 days at the Olympics gave so much of themselves to the challenge that you couldn’t but be moved by it
Our writers choose the best and worst of the 2024 Olympic Games
From historic feats by Daniel Wiffen and Kellie Harrington to kangaroo-hopping and boxing’s lapse into a culture war
Olympics: Complete day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes in action in Paris
Paris 2024 timetable: Who is competing when in athletics, boxing, rowing, hockey, badminton and gymnastics?
Daniel Wiffen and Mona McSharry selected as Ireland flagbearers for Olympics closing ceremony
Swimmers, who won medals in Paris, speak of immense pride in honour
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Seventh Heaven: How Irish athletes won seven medals in seven days at the Olympics
Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sport
Ireland and its Olympic swimmers are losing the tag of the island nation that struggles in the water
Swim Ireland’s high performance director John Rudd says raising the quality and quantity of domestic swimming is the key to any success
The week Irish swimming came of age yet also showed a dark sordid underbelly from the past
In Paris McSharry and Daniel Wiffen played on heart strings with career-changing efforts; in Dublin serial child rapist Derry O’Rourke apologised in court for shattering the life of a woman who was in his care
Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly left floundering as cohost Shane Coleman sidesteps Olympics duty
Radio: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman host awkward chats and gratuitous squabbles as Fiachna Ó Braonáin signs off with feeling
Mona McSharry runs out of steam and misses out on Olympic 200m breaststroke final
Sligo swimmer had qualified for the semi-final in seventh position but came home sixth in her semi-final
Olympics, Day 5 live updates: Kellie Harrington books place in semi-final, guaranteed at least bronze after victory over Valdes
Follow all of the action as Irish boxer takes on Columbia’s Angie Valdes in Paris
Olympics 2024: A golden night for Daniel Wiffen leaves many in tears
‘He hasn’t gone to the legs, it’s all about the arms,’ John Kenny old us, at which point the nation was hollering ‘GO TO THE LEGS’ at their TV screens
‘She has put Grange on the map’: Mona McSharry’s Olympic success delights Co Sligo locals and blow-ins
Community delighted to see hard graft put in by medal winning swimmer and her family pay off in the pool in Paris
‘We’re so proud of her’: Mother of Mona McSharry overjoyed at Olympic medal winning performance
Swimmer from Grange, Co Sligo, won bronze in the 100m breaststroke in Paris on Monday night
How Mona McSharry went from ‘hating swimming’ to a remarkable Olympic bronze medal
‘Those moments where I thought I was done really put into perspective what I really do this for, and this is a huge bonus’
Olympics, Day 3 as it happened: Mona McSharry wins bronze medal in 100m breaststroke final
Dubliner Ellen Walshe finishes eighth the 400IM final while Kellie Harrington wins her first fight
Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 3
Mona McSharry claims Ireland’s first medal at Paris 2024, while Kellie Harrington and Daniel Wiffen advance emphatically
Mona McSharry wins brilliant Olympics bronze in 100m breaststroke
Co Sligo swimmer becomes only second Irish Olympian to win a medal in swimming as she finishes third behind winner Tatjana Smith
In pictures: Mona McSharry secures famous bronze medal for Ireland in the pool
Irish swimmer takes 100 metres breaststroke bronze medal by the narrowest of margins in Paris
Meet Team Ireland - Swimming
Daniel Wiffen is the best Irish hope a medal in the pool for 30 years, and Danielle Hill is Ireland’s fastest ever female swimmer
Olympics 2024, Day 3: Irish in action and best of the rest
Mona McSharry goes into Monday night’s 100m breaststroke final as second fastest qualifer; Daniel Wiffen enters action, while Kellie Harrington starts defence of her Olympic title
Mona McSharry eyes magic Monday as Olympic medal comes into sharp focus
Sligo swimmer breaks her Irish record and qualifies for the 100m breaststroke final as second fastest
Olympics 2024, Day 2: Irish in action and best of the rest
Swimmer Mona McSharry and rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy to make their first appearances at the Games
Mona McSharry breaks her Irish 200m breaststroke record in Canada
Shane Ryan and Nathan Wiffen in action in finals in Belgrade
Mona McSharry wins two silver medals at NCAA Championships in Georgia
Sligo swimmer helped the University of Tennessee to a fourth-place team finish
Mona McSharry: ‘I didn’t get the results I wanted, but the goal wasn’t to win a medal’
Mona McSharry continues to set high standards for herself following promising World Aquatics Championships showing
Daniel Wiffen named Best Male Swimmer at World Aquatics Championships after second gold
Irish swimmer adds second title to 800m earlier in the week, posting two astonishing athletic performances
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen wins second gold medal at World Championships with dominant swim
Armagh native chased world record in 1500m freestyle as he finished 10 seconds ahead of next competitor
Daniel Wiffen and Mona McSharry progress to finals at World Aquatics Championships
Wiffen races in 1500m freestyle final on Sunday afternoon while McSharry aims to break medal drought in 50m breaststroke final
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