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Unveiled on Monday, the design incorporates an art deco style.
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Unveiled on Monday, the design incorporates an art deco style.
It’s not all plain sailing for the 21-year-old Trinity College student though.
The flame was kindled in the 2,600 year-old Temple of Hera at Ancient Olympia today.
“Nice to see you, to see you, nice…”
Patrick Kielty and Eorann O’Neill were among those who carried the torch just before it departed the country.
The popular website’s questioning of the parading of the Olympic torch through Dublin and allowing pop duo Jedward to carry it did not please some Irish tweeters.
The Dublin relay started at Croke Park stadium before passing some of the capital’s most famous sites.
The flame is here as part of the relay leading up to the opening ceremony of London 2012. Did having it here this morning affect your mood?
The flame will cross the border and tour Dublin on Wednesday morning.
A cauldron in front of the Parthenon has been lit and the flame was burning brightly today, just hours before it was to be handed to the London organisers.
Disgruntled callers to Liveline want Bernard Dunne to carry the flame in June rather than the marathon-running pop twins.
An actress dressed as a high priestess used a concave mirror to focus the sun’s rays and light a torch under bright sunny skies this morning.
The Black Pearl of Inchicore has emerged as the favourite to carry the Olympic torch through Dublin and fly the flag for Irish football.
It was the second major museum heist in the past two months.
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, plus the bits you may have missed…
London organisers revealed the first details of the Olympic flame’s trip from Greece to Britain for the 2012 London Games yesterday.
Details of the flame’s route have been released – and it’s bad news for those outside the capital.
The 2012 organising committee is considering “the feasibility” of bringing the torch on a brief trip to Dublin during its 70 day pre-Games tour.