Limerick swimmer Róisín Ní Riain named RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year

LIMERICK'S Róisín Ní Riain was named RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year at the 2024 awards ceremony held in Dublin on Sunday evening.

The awards were live on television from the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook.

2024 saw the Drombanna swimmer become a double Paralympic medallist, taking home a silver and bronze medal at this year's games in Paris for the 100m Backstroke S13 and 200m individual medley SM13.

In the last 12 months, the UL student also won double gold at the European Championships in the 100m back and 100m breaststroke.

Just last month, Ní Riain was honoured at the Swim Ireland awards as she was named Para Swimmer of the Year.

Elsewhere at the RTE Sport awards, rower Paul O'Donovan was named RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year. In a year that he became the first Irish Olympian to win medals at three consecutive games, winning Olympic Gold at the double sculls in Paris and gold at the World Rowing Championships single sculls, O'Donovan beat off competition from fellow olympians and stars of many sports.

Willie Mullins was revealed as the RTÉ Sport Manager of the Year as he became the first champion trainer on both sides of the Irish Sea since Vincent O'Brien in 1954.

Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly were this year’s winners of the RTÉ Sport Team of the Year award as the Paralympic team took home gold and silver medals in road cycling at this year’s Paris 2024 games and are double world champions.

Boxer Michael Carruth was inducted into the RTÉ Sport Hall of Fame. The former welterweight who took home a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

Group Head of Sport with RTÉ, Declan McBennett said: "It was a truly remarkable year and both the extent and nature of success for our remarkable athletes shows how standards simply keep rising. The success is now coming across so many disciplines and codes that 2024 will act as a catalyst for even greater feats in the years ahead as a new generation is inspired to replicate the heroic efforts witnessed across RTÉ channels this year."