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17th August 2021
01:30pm BST

Pictured is Tokyo 2020 Olympics Gold Medallist and FBD Insurance Ambassador Kellie Harrington, celebrating her Gold Medal win. FBD Insurance is a principal sponsor to Team Ireland since September 2018. It is this same spirit of support and protection that sees FBD as Ireland’s largest homegrown insurer support more than 500,000 policyholders for over 50 years.[/caption]
The boxing champion has to come to terms with a lot of changes in her life since standing on that podium a couple of weeks ago, but her family home becoming a tourist landmark was definitely unexpected.
"I think what we're going to end up having to do is turn the sitting room into a coffee shop and start selling stuff out the window, may as well capitalise on this while we can, make hay while the sun shines, or else just leave a little donation box like 'Support Kelly's coffee slice foundation,'" joked Harrington.
"I do watch the GAA, now I wouldn't be watching every match, but I'll be getting behind our girls now, the Dublin team, and it is mad to think that my poor ma and da's house is becoming a tourist attraction."People are just stopping to get a picture outside, and it's crazy, but it's wonderful. "The media might be a bit too much for my ma and dad, but the people aren't. "The media can be a bit overwhelming for them because they're afraid of what they might say, or what they might not say, but with people knocking at the door, they would open it all day."
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