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Mon 08 Aug 2008Homecoming: arrangements to be finalised as President leads tributes

PRESIDENT MARY McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday led the congratulations to Dublin boxer Kenny Egan on his silver medal success in Beijing.

Egan, along with bronze medal-winning boxers Darren Sutherland and Paddy Barnes, and the entire Irish Olympic team, are due to arrive back in Dublin tomorrow evening.