IN PICTURES: Tipperary Olympians honoured at special event after historic games in Paris

The Team Ireland Olympians who competed at the Paris Olympic Games were officially recognised on Friday at two separate events in Dublin.

In the morning, President Higgins welcomed the Team Ireland athletes who competed in Paris to his home at Áras an an Uachtarain in the Phoenix Park, congratulating them for their inspirational performances.

This was followed by an official reception organised by the Olympic Federation of Ireland in the Printworks building at Dublin Castle.

An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, and the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, recognised the athletes' performances at the event that had almost seventy Paris Olympians present as well as their families and friends.

Before the Games, the number of athletes named by Ireland for the Olympic Games was 133, the final number of Olympians who competed for Team Ireland in the Paris Olympics rose to 136.

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne TD, also attended the reception, taking part in a gifting ceremony to acknowledge the dedication and achievements of the athletes and their support team.

At the event the performance staff and team behind the team, including the coaches, sports leadership, sports scientists, physiotherapists and medical professionals were recognised.

Over 1.4m people tuned into RTÉ to watch Kellie Harrington win her second Olympic Gold Medal.

Almost a million people tuned in for Rhasidat Adeleke’s Women’s 400m Final, and the Final of the Women’s 4 x 400m Relay.

Performances that inspired the nation.

2024 was Team Ireland’s most successful Olympic Games, with seven medals won by six athletes across boxing, gymnastics, rowing and swimming.