What the Irish remaining in Rio make of the Olympic impact

With the Olympics drawing to a close tomorrow, it is time for cariocas – residents of Rio de Janeiro – to sit back and take stock of the successes and failures of the event and its long term legacy for the city.

And that includes members of Rio’s Irish expat community.

“I’m against the corruption that surrounded the building of the golf course, and how communities like Vila Autódromo were demolished despite people not wanting their homes to be knocked down,” says 37-year-old Pat Fitzgerald, from Abbeyfeale, Limerick.