Event: 1906 Games

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When sporting events become political protests

The use of sport as a place of political protest is not new. For as long as modern organised sport has existed in Ireland, people have sought to use sporting events to make political protests.

Fri, 10 Nov, 2017

How the Olympic Games began and how the Irish fared

As Team Ireland prepares for tonight’s opening ceremony in Rio, Kevin McCarthy sheds light on early Olympic glories and high-jinx of Irish athletes

Fri, 05 Aug, 2016

Olympic oddities: Music, poetry, and town planning

If there ever is a posthumous Olympic medal awarded for intransigence, then the ghost of David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley, sixth marquess of Exeter, gold medal winner at the 1928 Olympics and chairman of the organising and executive committees of the 1948 London Games, will surely float on the podium.

Tue, 06 Mar, 2012

Whatever flag flew over them, our Olympians have done us proud

DURING the Cold War, governments used sport for political ends. The communists pointed to the successes of their athletes as proof of the superiority of their system.

Sat, 14 Aug, 2004