RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year nominees revealed

Ahead of the RTÉ Sport Awards, the 10 nominees for the RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year award have been named, with Paris 2024 gold medallists Rhys McClenaghan, Daniel Wiffen, Kellie Harrington, Paul O'Donovan and Katie-George Dunlevy selected alongside Katie Taylor, Paul Townend, Anthony Cacace, Shane O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke and Róisín Ní Ríain.

Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney and Jacqui Hurley will present the awards ceremony from Studio 4 in RTÉ on Sunday, 15 December, with the action broadcast live on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player from 9.30pm.

The awards being handed out on the night in front of an audience of Irish sports stars include the RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year, the RTÉ Sport Team of the Year, the RTÉ Sport Manager of the Year and the RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year.

RHYS MCCLENAGHAN - GYMNASTICS

The reigning RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year followed up a brilliant 2023 with an even better 2024. McClenaghan became the first ever Irish gymnast to medal at an Olympic Games, picking up pommel horse gold and banishing the heartbreak he suffered in Tokyo three years earlier.

KELLIE HARRINGTON - BOXING

Harrington became Ireland's first individual back-to-back Olympic champion at Paris 2024, adding gold to the gold she picked up at Tokyo 2020.

DANIEL WIFFEN - SWIMMING

If 2023 was his breakout year, 2024 was the year in which Wiffen arrived. Double World gold was followed up with an Olympic gold and bronze and an 800m freestyle Olympic record.

CIARA MAGEEAN - ATHLETICS

Mageean won gold in the 1500m at the European Championships, achieving a lifelong dream after silvers at the event in 2022 and 2024, and a bronze in 2016.

SHANE O'DONNELL - HURLING

The star Clare forward hurler earned the title of GAA/GPA