The homecoming in images

Updated: Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012 14:02

Team Ireland's London 2012 Olympics medallists returned home to a hero's welcome at Dublin Airport on Monday.

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  1Katie Taylor emerged first from the Team Ireland plane

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  2Followed by Ireland's other medal winners. Pictured left to right: John Joe Nevin (silver), Paddy Barnes (bronze), Michael Conlan (bronze), Cian O'Connor (bronze) and Katie Taylor (gold)

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  3The press swarmed around Ireland's medal winners at Dublin Airport

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  4The golden girl was a picture of happiness throughout the day and the real star of the occasion

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  5However, bronze medallists Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan were also serious stars in their own right, as Belfast welcomed them home

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  6Katie's fans were out in force along Bray seafront to welcome her home

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  7St Patrick even turned up for the occasion

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  8An estimated 20,000 people turned up to welcome home Ireland's gold-medal winner

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  9And saw an open-top bus pull in to Bray with Ireland's hero aboard

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  10The tickertape flew and the crowd roared as Katie lapped up her moment of glory

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  11The image of the day was most certainly this one though. As Spandau Ballet once put it: "Always believe in your soul. You've got the power to know. You're indestructible. Always believe in, because you are, gold