Team Ireland led by flag bearers Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby

Athletes are currently in a pre-games camp before flying out to Beijing on Wednesday

Flaws in public-health response to cases are major cause for concern, school leaders say

From teaching with face masks to satellite learning, schools are adapting in the face of public health restrictions

Winter Olympics: ‘It was really close but that’s how snowboarding is’

Winds of up to 100mph in Pyeongchang mean Giant Slalom event moved to Thursday

Athletes based in places as far apart as New Hampshire, Norway and Austria

17-year-old gets score of 54.50 in final after getting second highest semi-final result

Stay clear-eyed and icy-nerved and you’ll win more than you lose

Bad luck, worse timing. You’d have to go some to find an Olympian at these games whose preparation has been disrupted to the same extent as that of the final Irish athlete in competition.

Shaun White fourth as ‘I-Pod’ calls the tune under the lights at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park

Ireland’s Seamus O’Connor due to take part in snowboard halfpipe qualification despite high temperatures

The ebb and flow of ‘lawn bowls on ice’ makes for easy viewing despite the low temperatures indoors

Malachy Clerkin reports from Sochi where Ireland’s snowboard hopeful notched a personal best