Flame makes symbolic Irish Republic visit
- Published: 6 Jun 2012 at 18.49
- Online news: Sports
The Olympic flame lit up the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday on its only visit outside Britain en route to the 2012 London Games, in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation between the two states.
Olympic torch bearers and Irish pop stars John and Edward Grimes, known as Jedward, carry the torch during their relay leg to the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland. The Olympic flame lit up the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday on its only visit outside Britain en route to the 2012 London Games, in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation between the two states.
Wayne McCullough, from Belfast, passed the flame across the border to his fellow 1992 Olympic boxing medallist Michael Carruth, in a light-hearted ceremony in which McCullough kissed his Dubliner friend on the head.
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