Limerick city set to fete boxing champ Lee

As soon as newly-crowned world boxing champ Andy Lee touches down today at Shannon Airport around noon, Limerick will take off on a Christmas celebration fest to welcome Ireland’s latest sports hero.

The Castleconnell boxer wrote on Twitter: “I’m looking forward to a great Christmas party back home in Limerick, where the fans have always been fully behind me. Hope to see ye all.”

Lee, who won the WBO Middleweight boxing title in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday, will get a Garda motorbike escort from the airport to City Hall where he will be accorded a civic reception at 4.30pm.