With a flash of gold, our boxers knock storm out
A crowd, estimated at 5,000 by gardaí, gathered in the rain on Dublin’s Dawson St at lunchtime to welcome back Team Ireland, including the five medallists, and by God, they earned their stripes.
Many travelled from as far away as Limerick and Galway to stand in the deluge, and then compère Des Cahill asked everyone to take down their umbrellas so everyone could view proceedings. At one stage the Camembert Quartet played AC/DC’S ‘Thunderstruck’, and it felt like tempting fate.