Watch as Olympian O'Donovan brothers are named Cork Person of the Year

They glided across the finishing line with ease, so much so that there wasn’t a ripple of a surprise when it was announced that hero brothers Paul and Gary O’Donovan, who captured the hearts of the nation with their Olympic rowing silver medal triumph, had won the Cork Persons of the Year Award.

While there were several others who could have challenged the accolade, it was deemed “a no-brainer” that the Skibbereen rowers would get the nod.

Any question of the need for a stewards’ inquiry was firmly put to bed when event organiser Manus O’Callaghan revealed that the O’Donovans got the most nods ever in the 24-year history of the awards.