Update 2.29pm: Snowfall may have forced their flight to divert to Manchester, but our Winter Olympians will make it home to Ireland today after all, writes Stephen Barry. Following a fortnight spent in the freezing cold at the PyeongChang Games, Team Ireland will be greeted by Storm Emma when they land at Dublin Airport at 3.10pm. Original story (1.22pm): Team Ireland's Winter Olympics homecoming postponed... due to snowfallThe homecoming for Team Ireland's Winter Olympians has been postponed... due to snowfall, writes Stephen Barry. Three of Ireland's five-person team, Brendan ‘Bubba’ Newby, Thomas Westgaard and Seamus O’Connor, were due to be greeted by Minister for Sport Brendan Griffin at Dublin Airport this lunchtime. Ryanair has cancelled all its services in and out of Dublin Airport for the rest of the day and Aer Lingus has warned of significant cancellations on short haul flights.

Source: Evening echo February 28, 2018 13:29 UTC