Rio Olympic games overshadowed by scandal

The Rio Olympics are now over, yet it continues to be front-page news.

Despite an impressive display from some of our Irish athletes, picking up silver medals in the rowing and sailing and personal bests for many, the coverage of Ireland’s effort has been dominated by developments off the track and field.

First we had the Michael O’Reilly doping scandal, and then the ticket-touting scandal, which has seen two Irishmen, including Olympic Council of Ireland president, Pat Hickey, jailed.