Olympic medallist Rob Heffernan will set the pace at Cork’s St Patrick’s Day parade

Former World Champion and Olympic medal-winning race walker, Rob Heffernan, will have to keep a slower pace than usual when he serves as Grand Marshal at the Cork city St Patrick’s day parade which gets under way at 1pm tomorrow.

Former World Champion and Olympic medal-winning race walker, Rob Heffernan, will have to keep a slower pace than usual when he serves as Grand Marshal at the Cork city St Patrick’s day parade which gets under way at 1pm on Sunday.

In November 2016 the Cork man became the first Irish athlete to receive an Olympic medal on home soil after he was belatedly awarded a bronze medal.