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Official homecoming for Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan | Official homecoming for Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan |
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Olympic bronze medal winners Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will be officially welcomed back home at Titanic Belfast later. | Olympic bronze medal winners Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will be officially welcomed back home at Titanic Belfast later. |
The two Belfast men will unveil their medals at the building at 17:30 BST. | The two Belfast men will unveil their medals at the building at 17:30 BST. |
Barnes, 25, who also won bronze in Beijing, became the first boxer from the island of Ireland to win medals at consecutive Games. | Barnes, 25, who also won bronze in Beijing, became the first boxer from the island of Ireland to win medals at consecutive Games. |
Conlan, 20, who is a member of west Belfast's St John Bosco club, won his first medal in his Olympic debut. | Conlan, 20, who is a member of west Belfast's St John Bosco club, won his first medal in his Olympic debut. |
The Belfast pair will ride through the centre of the city in an open-top bus on Tuesday at 13:00 BST. | The Belfast pair will ride through the centre of the city in an open-top bus on Tuesday at 13:00 BST. |
Northern Ireland's other Olympic medallists, Team GB rowers Alan Campbell and brothers Peter and Richard Chambers, will be welcomed back to their home town of Coleraine on Wednesday. | Northern Ireland's other Olympic medallists, Team GB rowers Alan Campbell and brothers Peter and Richard Chambers, will be welcomed back to their home town of Coleraine on Wednesday. |
Although there will be no official homecoming welcome for the rest of the Irish Olympic team when they arrive at Dublin airport, a civic reception will be held on Wednesday. | |
On Monday, gold medal women's lightweight boxer, Katie Taylor, and bantamweight silver medalist John Joe Nevin, will travel in open-top buses in their home towns of Bray, County Wicklow, and Mullingar, County Westmeath. | |
Bray Town Council is to also hold a live music and a fireworks display on Monday to welcome home Taylor and fellow Bray boxer Adam Nolan. | Bray Town Council is to also hold a live music and a fireworks display on Monday to welcome home Taylor and fellow Bray boxer Adam Nolan. |
A special stage is to be erected in Cusack Park in Mullingar for a homecoming ceremony for silver medal-winning boxer John Joe Nevin on Monday evening. | A special stage is to be erected in Cusack Park in Mullingar for a homecoming ceremony for silver medal-winning boxer John Joe Nevin on Monday evening. |
He will travel through Mullingar with fellow Olympian Joseph Murphy on an open top bus from 18:30 BST. | He will travel through Mullingar with fellow Olympian Joseph Murphy on an open top bus from 18:30 BST. |
President Michael D Higgins has also invited the Irish team to a reception at his official residence, Aras an Uachtarain. | President Michael D Higgins has also invited the Irish team to a reception at his official residence, Aras an Uachtarain. |