Portland Row, Dublin 1 yesterday
This afternoon.
Via RTÉ
The lightweight boxing Olympic champion is travelling with her team and the remaining Irish Olympians and is due to touch down in Dublin Airport tomorrow afternoon.
However the athletes won’t be coming through the normal arrivals area and members of the public will not be permitted into the airport for their arrival.
Talks are continuing between Dublin City Council and locals about how Covid safe celebrations can be held to allow her family and the community in Dublin’s north inner city mark the homecoming of only Ireland’s third Olympic boxing gold medallist.
Meanwhile…
Dublin City Council say no formal civic reception can be held at this time but An Post has painted a postbox (above) on Portland Row gold to mark her achievement.
Harrington home tomorrow but public celebration on hold (RTÉ)
Have the celebration in the Merrion Cricket club, with an after party in the Merrion hotel. No problemo!
Beat me to it
Ha!, a nice touch on the postbox, well done
+1. Well done Kellie and An Post.
An Post also did it in Skibbereen for the rowers.
https://www.96fm.ie/news/96fm-news-and-sport/skibbereen-post-boxes-go-gold/
They do as they please on Kildare street and they do as they please on Portland row.
Best of luck with your ‘guidelines’
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Great scenes all together! Hopefully it will inspire a new generation of olympians, and maybe the Irish Gov’t can actually invest some money into Sport for a change?
How about a fight between Kellie and Katie Taylor when the dust settles. Would that even be possible since Katie is pro? Great to see the mutual support between them.