Olympic Torch set to visit Ireland for first time
The President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), Pat Hickey, told last night’s AGM of the OCI that, while it still has to be signed off by the International Olympic Committee, the Torch Relay will move from Belfast to Dublin, across the border, and there will be a relay around Dublin where the Irish public will have an opportunity to celebrate the Games.
“After the Beijing Games the IOC introduced the rule that the Torch Relay would only take place within the territory of the NOC (national Olympic committee) of the country of the Games, due to the demonstrations that took place in Paris and London in the lead up to the Beijing Games,” he said.
