Fintan Mccarthy

2021: The year in highlights

From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped

Kellie Harrington’s focus on giving back now she’s reached the gold standard

‘I am in the limelight and I know I have to be a role model,’ says Olympic champion

Gold standard: Ireland’s medal haul in Tokyo stands up to best the country has produced

Team Ireland have brought home four medals from Japan - including two golds

Tokyo 2020: Kellie Harrington goes out to make the last mile a golden one

The mixed emotions of the last fortnight in Tokyo could end with a historic high on Sunday

Tokyo 2020: Relaxed Paul O’Donovan taking all the hype in his stride

Skibbereen native getting used to the inevitable extra attention an Olympic gold brings

Tokyo 2020: Kellie Harrington sticks to game plan to continue ‘amazing journey’

Dubliner edges tactical semi to become second Irish woman to reach an Olympic boxing final

Tokyo 2020: Lasha Talakhadze lifts the weight of a camel before getting the hump

Georgian unhappy at the way weightlifting is perceived and doubts over its Olympic future

Irish Olympians welcomed as hundreds line streets in home communities

Large crowds greet Ireland’s triumphant rowers on the last leg of their journeys home

Ireland’s Olympic rowing heroes arrive back for an unusual homecoming

Gold and bronze medal winners return at Dublin Airport without media scrum or crowds

Celebrations for Ireland's Olympians to be smaller than previous years

‘Everyone will do whatever they can’ to congratulate rowers within Covid-19 regulations

‘Life goes on all the same’: Olympic gold just another race for O’Donovan and McCarthy

Remarkable Skibbereen duo already looking ahead to Paris as they savour historic success

Michelle Smith de Bruin praises ‘stunning performance’ of rowing medallists

Former Olympic swimmer won three gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Games

‘It is like a dream’: Jubilation in Skibbereen at Olympic gold medal

‘For a small club in Ireland to have a gold, a silver and an Olympic bronze is just amazing’

‘We are just here trying to be the best we can be’: O’Donovan describes victory in Tokyo

Skibbereen pair first Irish rowers in history to claim gold medal at Olympic Games

Gold for Ireland! Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan row to famous win at Tokyo 2020

Irish obliterate field and hold off Germany to top podium in the lightweight double sculls

Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy join Ireland’s Olympic immortals

Duo become just the seventh gold medal-winning athletes in Irish history

Skibbereen ‘pulls out all the stops’ ahead of Olympic rowing final

Mother of O’Donovan brothers ‘gutted’ to not be in Tokyo to watch son, Paul, compete

We dare not speak of medals – yet here are some of our big prospects for Tokyo

Team Ireland contains some new kids on the block who are out to win gold

Paul O’Donovan: ‘I’m not rowing to get a big collection of medals’

The Lisheen rower has set his sights on Tokyo gold, but that’s not his only motivation

Family pride and sibling rivalry good for Irish Olympic effort

Following the footsteps of a parent or a successful brother/sister inspires many of our elite athletes

Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Fintan McCarthy & Paul O’Donovan (Rowing)

The lightweight pair have proved unbeatable this season and should contend for a medal

Show me the medals: Ireland drops one place in Tokyo Olympic predictions

Virtual medal table completed before last week’s European Rowing Championships

Rhys McClenaghan: ‘It would be almost silly not to aim for gold every time’

Irish gymnast looking forward to renewing his pommel horse rivalry with Britain’s Max Whitlock

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