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Belfast homecoming for Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Belfast's Olympic bronze medal winners Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will be officially welcomed back home at Titanic Belfast later. | |
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. |
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. | |
Katie Taylor will be welcomed back to her hometown of Bray, County Wicklow, on Monday. | |
She and fellow Bray boxer Adam Nolan will tour the town on an open-top bus. | |
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. | |
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. |