Olympic Flame itinerary revealed
The exact route of the Olympic Flame’s journey through Ireland has been unveiled by the London Olympic Games Organising Committee.  It will arrive at the Titanic Museum in Belfast at 0600 on Sunday June 3rd before going on to Stormont House and Carrickfergus Castle that day.  On Monday it will go to the Giants Causeway and onto the peace bridge in Derry. Eniskillen will be the centrepiece on Tuesday before it heads south on Wednesday.
The Olympic Flame will be at Croke Park at 0913 on Wednesday 6th June. It will then be carried to the Garden of remembrance on Parnell Square, down O’Connell Street, along the Quays, into the IFSC and then across the Samuel Becket Bridge.
It will cross Pearse Street and South Merrion Square before heading South West across Leeson Street Bridge, along the South bank of the Grand Canal to Harolds Cross Road, north past St Patrick’s Cathedral and Christchurch, down Dame Street, around College Green, towards Government Buildings at 1135 and the Mansion House ten minutes later.
It will then return North to Newry and Lough Neagh before leaving for Scotland.
The Olympic Flame journey is being sponsored by Coca Cola, Samsung and Lloyds TSB.
Jim Stynes dies in Melbourne
The death was announced last night of Jim Stynes in Melbourne.  Stynes was from Rathfarnham in Dublin and played for Ballyboden St Enda’s and the Dublin Minor football team before heading to Australia to become one of the all time greats of Australian Rules football.  He was the only player from overseas to win the prestigious Brownlow medal and was involved with a number of the Compromise Rules teams that played against Ireland.  He was a tireless charity worker and received multiple honours in his adopted home.  Stynes was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and was the subject of a powerful moving documentary on RTE last year. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.
 
Irish Cricket Qualifiers to feature on RTE
RTÉ Sport will broadcast the highlights of the Irish Cricket teams final qualifying rounds for the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 Finals in Dubai.  Ireland have won five of their six round robin games and are likely to finish second in group B.  Two teams from a likely last six of Afghanistan, Namibia, The Netherlands, Canada and Scotland will then play for the two places available for the World event alongside the sport’s leading nations in the Autumn.
RTE’s highlight’s programmes will be broadcast on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th March on RTÉ Two.  This is a rich reward for team sponsors RSA who have supported the Irish team through their rise to prominence in the Irish sporting consciousness over recent years.
Major announcement today on National Sports Campus
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, together with senior figures from Irish sport will make an announcement at lunchtime today on the next stage of development of the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown.  The National Aquatic Centre and the headquarters of the FAI and the Irish Sports Institute are already located on the campus.
 
 
 
Sport for Business on Dublin City FM
Sport for Business will be one of the main features on Dublin City FM’s Mediascope programme to be broadcast at 1.30pm today on frequency 103.2.  A podcast of the interview  will be available on the Sport for Business website from tomorrow.
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