Getting Ireland on track for Olympics

The Olympic Council of Ireland chief executive Stephen Martin is counting down the days to the London Games. Want a flavour of his July?

“That month we’ll have the final team announcement, and on July 10 we get the keys to the Olympic Village, which opens officially on July 16.

“Our main training centre at Lensbury, St Mary’s College in Twickenham, opens on July 18 and the Games themselves start on the July. All of that means a lot of work behind the scenes which people may not see.”