The forgotten members of the Irish Olympic team

IN east London, the heart of the 2012 Olympics, the ‘big build’, which started in 2006, has transformed a dilapidated area into a world-class urban park complete with new infrastructure.

The project is sustainable, on time, within budget, and, for the first time on an Olympic build, without a fatality on site, and thanks to a huge contingent of Irish workers. With only the final touches to the Olympic park and stadiums left to be done, KATY HARRINGTON meets the last Irish men and women standing.

MICHAEL GALVIN. Job title: assistant engineering managerHometown: Bishopstown, Cork