Irish medal-winners to be honoured by An Post with new postmark

Ireland's medal-winning athletics champions are to be honoured by An Post.

Christopher O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley, Tom Barr and Ciara Mageean are to feature on a specially-designed national postmark.

An Post chief executive, David McRedmond says he hopes it will carry Ireland's admiration and pride of our 'superstar athhletes' who inspired and delighted the nation.

The postmark will be applied to millions of regular-sized letters and cards posted over the coming month.