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sport

Here's a recap of how the Irish competitors did on day seven at the Rio Olympics

Day Seven of the Olympic Games produced even more history from an Irish point of view, with the medals table reached finally at the end of the opening week.

news

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

other

Rio's City of God a place where angels fear to tread

world

Rio de Janeiro virus fears over sewage in water

sport

Rio: A city in turmoil as Olympics looms large

sport

Fatal path collapse puts Rio's Olympic readiness in spotlight

Around the World Cup in 35 days

The final postcards from Brazil

Sat, 12 Jul, 2014

Aiveen’s art

Carol O’Callaghan meets Cork-born, Aiveen Daly whose furniture and interior design is in international demand.

Sun, 22 Jun, 2014

Where history and hysteria rhyme

Greetings from Hio — and no, you haven’t read that wrong.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2014

Brazil’s head breaks silence on demos

Brazil’s president has broken her silence after more than a week of massive, violent protests rocked the country.

Sat, 22 Jun, 2013

Lea T’s catwalk revolt

IN A snakeskin monokini and pink denim hotpants, Lea T emerges from a faux tropical portico and saunters into the bright lights.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2011

Rio streets filled at dawn for carnival party

The biggest party of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival took to the streets at dawn today.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2010

Samba spectacular brings Rio riot of colour

Dancers dressed as slaves pushed a float decked out as the ship that brought the Portuguese royal family to Brazil two centuries ago, marking the final night of Rio’s annual carnival parade.

Tue, 05 Feb, 2008

Architect Niemeyer marries at 98

A month before his 99th birthday, world-renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer announced that he had married his 60-year-old secretary Vera Lucia Gabreira.

Sat, 18 Nov, 2006

Tons of fish killed by Rio pollution

Clean-up crews are scooping tons of dead fish from the surface of lake near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2005

Party time starts as Brazil enjoys carnival

After a 20 minute rain delay, the Sao Clemente samba group exploded into the Sambadrome in a hail of fireworks to kick off this year’s Rio carnival parade.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2004