Thousands of people have converged on St Stephen's Green in Dublin for the final event of the Olympic Torch Relay.

DUBLIN football fans turned out in their tens of thousands in Merrion Square on Monday night to welcome their All-Ireland heroes and the President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), Pat Hickey, is hoping for a repeat crowd to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay on June 6 next year.

Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay today in Seoul, South Korea, throwing rocks and punches at the latest troubled stop on the flame’s round-the-world journey.

Thousands of human rights protesters disrupted the Olympic Torch Relay through London today, billed as a journey of harmony and peace.