Time for Irish rowers to show off medal credentials

It’s time for Ireland’s rowers to offer up proof that they, too, can prove a bountiful source of those precious pieces of metal.

MEDAL HUNTING: Fintan McCarthy, left, and Paul O'Donovan of Team Ireland celebrate after their men’s lightweight double sculls semi-final at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Now it’s their turn. 

The swimmers have done their thing, two of them already firing Ireland further up the medal table than most expected them to be at this point of the Games.