Welcome home - Paralympic heroes

HOME are the heroes. 

Having exceeded all expectations by winning 11 medals at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Ireland’s outstanding team received a rapturous welcome when they arrived at Dublin Airport yesterday. It was no more than they deserved as families and friends gathered in their hundreds.

Among them was Jason Smyth who, despite being legally blind, is the fastest man in the paralympic world and now a winner of five gold medals. Also among the victorious athletes was his close friend, the Co Antrim runner Michael McKillop, who won a fourth Paralympic gold medal in the 1500m, T37 class.