Paul O'Donovan

The lightweight class in which Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy won their gold medals is no longer an Olympic event

Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sport

Ireland’s gold medal winners say ‘a kind of algorithm’ has developed between them in race conditions

In his parallel life on the riverbank O’Donovan trained first as a physiotherapist and then turned his attention to medicine

Modern Irish athletes are now comfortable competing on the elite world stage and the days of tolerance for deferential mediocrity are over

Olympics Day 7: Skibbereen superstars Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy rowed the perfect race to become double Olympic champions

Olympic Games: O’Donovan becomes first Irish Olympian to medal at three Games while sailors finish agonising fourth

Irish duo were impeccable in the execution of their race and were utterly dominant

Skibbereen duo defend their Olympic title with superb display, winning ahead of Italy and Greece

Today we have rowers in three finals, we have Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove in the rescheduled skiff medal race and we have our showjumping team through to their final

Before Daniel Wiffen's win, only nine Irish people – six men and three women – had experienced becoming an Olympic champion

Tokyo gold medallists hit peak form at the right time as they look to defend title on Friday morning

Kellie Harrington, Ireland's gold medal winner from Tokyo, up against a tough opponent in Colombia’s Angie Valdes as the Dubliner seeks to secure medals in successive Olympic Games

Aifric Keogh, Fiona Murtagh, Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney also book places in Wednesday’s semis

Swimmer Mona McSharry and rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy to make their first appearances at the Games

Ireland’s 16-person rowing squad go to Paris 2024 with big medal chances forged by hard work and friendship

Irish Times writers give their thoughts on what to expect from Paris 2024, including Ireland’s medal hopes, off-field scandals and US basketball stars

Olympics: Formidable and proven rowing team ready to pull their weight again for Ireland in Paris

Here’s where we are - this team will win medals and possibly the most ever

Nielsen’s Gracenote Virtual Medal Table predict Ireland will claim a record nine Olympic medals in Paris

Paul O’Donovan looking to become the first Irish athlete to win a medal in three successive Olympics

Previous record holder

Skibbereen rower taking part in heavyweights at a championship for the first time

Jake McCarthy progresses straight to the final of the lightweight men’s singles after winning his heat

The 30-year-old Skibbereen rower remains focused on the lightweight doubles for Paris

Gracenote Virtual Medal Table predicts seven medals for Ireland in Paris

He graduated as Dr O’Donovan last May, completed a few weeks of induction with plans to go into surgery, before putting all that on hold, exactly one year out from Paris

Irish pair stick to their usual tactics as they storm home to take gold ahead of Switzerland

World Rowing Championships: Irish pair finished a full boat length clear of Italian crew

The Skibbereen pair won in 6:15.40 in near perfect conditions in Belgrade

Irish crew suffer first defeat in four years as French duo put down a marketer ahead of Paris Olympics

Cork man attributes sporting and academic success to 'cracking on with things’ rather than overthinking

The Olympic gold medallist is working hard in preparation for the world championships

Skibbereen Rowing Club and Bohemians/DCU among 1,900 beneficiaries

Some words of wisdom – and some not so wise – from the world of sport

From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped

Avalanche of firsts and emergence of stars a sign of shifting landscape in Irish sport

32-year-old back in action on Henry De Bromhead’s Balko Des Flos in Galway

Management should educate and train employees around unconscious bias and racism

Harry McCann on how the course contributed to his progress, growth and success