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Official homecoming for Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan Belfast 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. Belfast's 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 men will unveil their medals at the building at 17:30 BST.
They will travel home after arriving in Dublin with the Irish team, which had its most successful Games since 1956.
Shortly before flying to Dublin, boxing gold medal winner Katie Taylor said: "It's been an incredible Games and I have been privileged to be part of it."
The team is bringing home five medals - one gold, one silver and three bronze.
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. While the athletes are due to arrive at Dublin Airport, fans have been advised to stay away and wait until Wednesday when a civic reception will be held at the Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
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. Katie Taylor will be welcomed back to her hometown of Bray, County Wicklow, on Monday.
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. She and fellow Bray boxer Adam Nolan will tour the town on an open-top bus.
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 similar reception is to be held in Mullingar, County Westmeath, for bantamweight silver medalist John Joe Nevin, who travel through the town 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.