'There’s a reason why the Parisians leave in the summer time' - Irish Olympians to feel the heat at Paris 2024

Plans are afoot to accommodate up to 13,000 athletes and other team members in an official village with no air conditioning

LAUNCH: The Olympic Federation of Ireland has unveiled the experience strand of its Paris 2024 Olympic Games planning, including partnerships with the O'Sullivan Group and the Centre Culturel Irlandais (Irish Cultural Centre) in the heart of Paris. Pictured at the announcement are, from left, Olympian Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe, Olympic Federation of Ireland president Sarah Keane, Nora Hickey M’Schili of Centre Culturel Irlandais, Olympian and OFI Athlete Commission member Natalya Coyle, Team Ireland Paris 2024 Chef de Mission Gavin Noble, Olympic Federation of Ireland chief executive officer Peter Sherrard and Olympian Kenneth Egan. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Ireland’s Olympians will be feeling the heat long before they run their races or fight their bouts in Paris next year with plans afoot to accommodate up to 13,000 athletes and other team members in an official village with no air conditioning.

Local organisers, working on the back of the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, are looking to host a carbon neutral Games so sustainability is a key component of the two-week extravaganza in the French capital.