Thousands turn out to see Torch tour of Dublin

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

Thousands turn out to see Torch tour of Dublin
Wed, 06 Jun, 2012 - 13:35

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

The symbolic Flame's three-hour tour of the city comes after it was was symbolically passed between 1992 boxing medallists Wayne McCullough from Belfast and Dublin's Michael Carruth at the border at 6.30am this morning.

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