Road closures and diversions in place as Ireland prepares for Olympic homecoming

Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan receives his gold medal during the ceremony for the men’s pommel horse final during the Artistic Gymnastics at the Bercy Arena on the eighth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA

Ireland will today welcome home its 133 athletes from Paris, after it had the most successful Olympic Games in the state’s history.

The athletes will take part in a celebratory homecoming in Dublin city later today to mark Ireland’s biggest medal haul.