Ireland’s crack team of Paralympic athletes have been rightly hailed as our most successful sports team ever.

Home are the heroes, a bit later than expected.

More than 40 torchbearers will carry the Olympic flame through the streets of Dublin when it tours the only city outside the UK.

More than 40 torch bearers will carry the Olympic flame through the streets of Dublin when it tours the only city outside the UK.

EAMON Coughlan and Keith Wood are amongst the high profile board members of the new Irish Institute of Sport under the executive chairmanship of Sean Kelly.