Fans will get to celebrate with the Ireland's World Cup silver medal winning women's hockey squad as details were announced for their homecoming ceremony this evening.
The team will arrive into Dublin Airport Terminal 1 between 12.30 and 12.45pm on Monday afternoon.
A special event hosted by Dublin’s Lord Mayor Nial Ring and Dublin City Council will be held in the capital for the team and their supporters at 3pm on Dame Street.
The team will be welcomed onto the stage by the Lord Mayor of Dublin and other dignitaries.
It was a beautiful day... beaten but unbowed, @irishhockey have done themselves and their country proud. World Cup silver medallists - what a journey! #GreenArmy #HWC2018 #RTEsport pic.twitter.com/Rxb1lDf2r7
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 5, 2018
Dublin City Council authorities stress that it is a family-friendly alcohol-free event and asks people to use public transport when travelling to and from the event.
Traffic restrictions will be in place from 10am on Monday in the vicinity of Dame St and surrounding streets.
Ireland, who began the competition as the second lowest ranked team, made it all the way to the final, beating USA and India in the group phase and then triumphing over India, again, and Spain in tense shootouts in the quarter-final and semi-final respectively.
They fell to a 6-0 defeat to favourites Netherlands, now eight times champions, in today's final in the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London.
