Organisation: Olympic Games

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<p>Mary Vaughan, an assistant librarian from Limerick who qualified for the Olympics in 1984. Picture: Mary Vaughan</p>

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Clodagh Finn: The library assistant with an Olympic string to her bow

When library assistant Mary Vaughan saw an ad for archery lessons in 1980, she thought she’d give it a try

<p>Simone Biles said that the video 'broke her heart' and she sent the little girl a video of her own after seeing the incident. Picture: Erin Hooley/AP</p>

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Simone Biles contacts black girl not given medal during Gymnastics Ireland event

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Jedward join sports stars as Olympic Torch visits Dublin

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Ex-PA stole thousands from supermodel

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BBC may face vote-rigging probe

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IOC boss allays Olympic cash fears

Beijing Olympic corruption probe on-going

The corruption investigation into Liu Zhihua, a former Beijing vice mayor who oversaw much of the $40bn (€31bn) being spent on Olympics projects, is still on-going, an Olympic planning official said today.

Tue, 08 Aug, 2006

Beijing invites designs for 2008 Olympic torch

Beijing Olympic organisers today began soliciting design proposals for the Olympic torch for the 2008 Games, one of several campaigns intended to excite public participation in the event.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2005

Maria a last gasp runner for Athens

In a dramatic move last evening the Olympic Council of Ireland added Dubliner Maria McCambridge to the Irish team for the Olympic Games.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2004