Another day, another mobbed ceremony for Olympic rowing heroes Paul and Gary O’Donovan

Olympic rowing heroes Paul and Gary O’Donovan had to draw on all their strength and stamina yesterday as they were mobbed during a civic reception in Cork — their third official function since their arrival back in Ireland on Sunday.

Gary and Paul at the civic reception with crew members from Ring Rowing Club, Clonakilty, from left, Bronagh Deasy, Kate Callaghan, Evelyn Murphy, and Ciara Deasy.

The silver medal-winning brothers from Lisheen, West Cork, were accorded the county’s highest civic honour in County Hall in recognition of their incredible performance at the Rio Olympics, and in honour of Paul’s gold medal win at the world rowing championships in Rotterdam last weekend.