Olympics:Former 5000m world champion and the Irish team's Chef de Mission Sonia O'Sullivan will carry the Olympic torch for the Dublin city centre leg of the relay on June 6th.
O’Sullivan, a silver-medallist at Sydney 2000, will be one of around 40 torchbearers south of the border after a ceremonial handover between former Ireland Olympic boxers Michael Carruth and Wayne McCullough at Carrickarnon, Co Louth.
The torch will travel by road from Carrickarnon to the headquarters of the Olympic Council of Ireland in Howth for a short ceremony and relay, before heading to Croke Park and onwards to the Garden of Remembrance.
O’Sullivan will then carry the torch to O’Connell Bridge before handing it over to another lucky bearer.
The two-and-a-half hour relay will cover 12km, with each participant carrying the torch for a 300 metre leg. Those yet to be confirmed will represent a cross-section of Irish society and sport, in accordance with IOC regulations.
From Dublin, the torch will travel north again for the final leg of a four-day tour - that will include visits to Derry, Newry, Lisburn, Bangor and Belfast - before heading to Scotland.