A dream comes true for homecoming heroes

It was a case of “deja vu” for Fionnuala Britton and part of a childhood ambition achieved for Ciaran O’Lionaird as they led a successful Irish team homecoming from the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg with their bronze medals in the 3,000 metres to a small but intimate crowd at the arrivals hall in Dublin airport yesterday evening.

“Yeah it’s like deja vu,” said Britton of another medal homecoming.

“You can’t really be a fan of it but it’s still definitely better to be coming out with a medal than without one.”