Interest in the Winter Olympics is never as high as it is for the Summer Games. But with allegations of cheating in curling, USA’s Ilia Malinin performing the now-legal backflip in figure skating and Ben Lynch becoming the first Irish skier to make a final, the Winter Games fairly caught the attention over the last few weeks.

Ireland's quartet of Winter Olympians will bask in the glow of a job well done today when they return to Dublin after their feats at the Milano-Cortina Games.

ANABELLE ZURBAY was pleased with her showing on her Winter Olympics debut. The Team Ireland teenager, 17, finished 48th in the women’s giant slalom in a time of 2:31.70. Zurbay clocked 1:12.82 on

Ben Lynch finished eighth in the freestyle skiing halfpipe event.

Warner Bros. Discovery reported record-breaking streaming performance for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with the company posting triple-digit growth across its HBO Max and Discovery+ platforms compared to the Beijing 2022 Games.