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Updated 10.45am
“I CAN’T WAIT to see my granny when I go home”.
Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor will probably have a few people to greet before she gets to meet her grandmother with her medal around her neck on Monday.
A triumphant homecoming is planned with thousands expected to show up at Dublin airport to welcome Taylor and the boxing medalists and other members of Ireland’s Olympic team back to home soil.
A spokesperson for the Dublin Airport Authority told TheJournal.ie that they are formulating a plan for the team’s arrival, and will release details as soon as possible.
Bronze showjumping medalist Cian O’Connor has already returned home in a low-key arrival at Dublin airport.
Katie Taylor will be treated to a hero’s welcome in her home town of Bray, with the town council planning to put on an open-top bus and a fireworks display. Around 10,000 people showed up to watch her final fight on big screens in the Wicklow town yesterday.
Her church St. Marks has also confirmed that it will hold a thanksgiving service of some kind, but will likely wait until some of the excitement has died down.
Mullinagar man John Joe Nevin, who competes for a place in the bantamweight final this afternoon will also be treated to an open-top bus when he returns on Monday. Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan can also expect rapturous welcomes after their successes at London 2012.
If Katie Taylor is up to it on Tuesday she has a hot date lined up with Colin Farrell, who has invited the boxer to join him at the Irish premiere of his latest film Total Recall on Tuesday evening in Dublin.
The Sun reports that the whole Taylor family has been invited as Farrell’s personal guests.
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If this was any other joe soap he would have been hauled in for questioning at least,hows he getting away with it
@nicknack: Because he’s not Joe Soap
@ApexSnow: Joe Swarfega Jizer Degreaser ?
@nicknack: I’m sure the president will be visiting Buckingham Palace at some stage further on in proceedings. A nice private discussion with the “honourable” Mr Trump will go a long way to settling this.
@Eugene Walsh: reptile people.
@nicknack: is he accused of breaking any laws in the US? I thought he was accused of having sex with the girl in the UK? Unless he is accused of a crime he can’t be extradited, he would have to volunteer. Sorry if I’m wrong, I’m not up to speed on the story.
@Tommy C: And while they are having that discussion, Mr Trump can explain why they are not extraditing Anne Sacoolas in connection with the death of Harry Dunn,you know the saying ‘ You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’.
@nicknack: I’m confused I assumed a person was innocent until proven guilty and as the man is dead i cannot see how he can get a fair trial ? from what I can see he has been found guilty on unproven accusations and looking at the comments I hope I’m never accused of annything and am unable to prove my innocence….
@ApexSnow: No he’s Joe Saxe Coburg Gotha
@Peter donnelly: we are but the rabel getting a smell of fish and assuming the smell is fish
Of course he won’t cooperate he is taking his family to pizza express the day they want to question him. It’s totally believable.
And yet Meghan Markle is supposedly the ‘Black Sheep’ of “The Royal Family”.
@Matt Rogers: well that’s because she’s a blow in, they protect their blood and tarnish everybody else… Diana,Fergie
@Matt Rogers: never met a person in real life who gives a shit about the Meghan markle crap. Just like I’ve never met a person in real life who has anything good to say about Frau Greta. Gets the noggin joggin
@Mr Durka: She as great in suits
@Ollie Egan: You could nearly say young Harry is a blow in too, considering he’s not royal blood!
No point in shaking him down. The man doesn’t sweat ffs.
The top brass protect their paedos. They always do.
What if they tell him he can judge little miss America? Need some leverage to get info out of Uncle Andy.
So he won’t get Epsteined
@RAYZ88: Andrew is a greatly misunderstood gentleman.
Guilty people rarely are cooperative.
Well if it was anything like the TV interview, he would end up doing 20 years. Imagine that dope sitting down with a professional interviewer without having the questions first. He would implicate himself in minutes without even knowing
Could be worse, he could’ve done something really bad like move to Canada.
Epstien didn’t kill himself..
@Tomas: really? jaysus.
@Tomas: Epstein signed signed his Last Will an Testament on August 8th, 2 days before his was found dead in his cell, an clear indication of his intentions. The Will placed his $577 million fortune in an off shore trust, in the US Virgin Islands. Here lawyers explain how the arrangements are designed to place his assets out of reach of his victims:
@David Jordan: so he knew he was going to die. No way! That happens when you can expose very powerful individuals. Having a will in order would be a pertinent thing to do. Considering…
@David Jordan: Prob because he was gonna get life in prison, not rocket science he’d make a will before that is it?
@Dougal67: you can still make it amend a will in jail..
@Fabio Dillon: Yes but could also be because he was gettin sent down for life, not too far of a stretch he wanted to get his affairs in order beforehand, hardly a suicide note is it, if he was thinking that far ahead I’m sure he would’ve left one??
The US diplomats wife that knocked down and killed a young lad isn’t cooperating either. Maybe they could do a prisoner exchange
I don’t think any tears would be shed if Randy Andy decided to leave this world… Royal sc_um…
HOW will we ever unite Ireland if we don’t grow up and revere British royalty?
All right thinking people etc
2 guards were suspended for falsifying records that they were checking on prisoners, WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT THEY WERE ON AUTOTRADER LOOKING UP NEW BMW’s
Fixed it for you…
Harry now sorted, not much more news there… so back to Andy, that story can be stretched.
Shameful prince Andrew should extradition to NY
Probably afraid of getting suicided like Epstein.
Protect the circle at all costs
Swap him with Anna Sacoolas, fair trade
US ‘uncooperative’ in UK’s extradition request on the hit and run driver that killed an innocent young English man… Oh wait the American can do whatever they want and get away with it. My bad.
@Irish Snowden: there is no extradition request by the Americans for Andrew, he would have to volunteer and that’s not going to happen.
@Connoroconner: We know mate, just saying they expect everyone to have it their way
How about an exchange for the Killer Anne Sacoolas
In fairness to Prince Andrew, he has a rare medical condition, acquired during the Falklands war, that prevents him from cooperating with any inquiry.
F**k you I won’t do what you tell me
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