'Private jet? Limo?': Cork's Olympic champions offered a lift home instead of getting a bus from Dublin Airport

Ireland’s Olympic rowing heroes Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy made a return to Ireland this afternoon, and then returned to Cork in potentially the most Irish way possible.

The reigning Olympic champions in the men's lightweight double sculls arrived back into Dublin airport today with their medals.

A tweet from Dublin Airport said: “Where are the gold medals, lads?” “Oh, they’re tucked away!”

Look who just rowed in to @DublinAirport !

Ireland’s Olympic rowing heroes Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy made a low-key return to Ireland this afternoon.

“Where are the gold medals, lads?”

“Oh, they’re tucked away!”

🚣 🥇 🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/6KdQW02r9H

— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) August 6, 2024

Meanwhile, the pair could have opted for many modes of transport back to Cork, but according to Dublin Airport, the lads planned that after their Olympic gold medal winning escapades, they would just get the bus.

However, instead of taking the bus, "the guy they’d sat next to on the plane offered them - & their gold medals - a lift.."

Private jet? Limo? How would you travel home if you’d just won Olympic gold?!

Rowing champs Paul O’Donovan & Fintan McCarthy landed @DublinAirport today & planned to get the bus to Cork.

Then the guy they’d sat next to on the plane offered them - & their gold medals - a lift.. pic.twitter.com/5ue1BShOJZ

— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) August 6, 2024

And off they went.