'You've made the whole country very proud': Ireland basks in Olympics rowing success

Rowing Ireland coach Ciro Prisco congratulates Emily Hegarty after the Ireland Women’s Four fininshed in third place to win a bronze medal in the Women’s Four final at the Sea Forest Waterway. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

It was a proud nation that woke up on Wednesday to see that four of our finest athletes had secured Ireland's first medal in the Tokyo Olympics.

With 1,500m gone in the women's four rowing final, Emily Hegarty, Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe and Fiona Murtagh found themselves neck-and-neck with Team GB.