Live: Olympic Torch Relay, Day 16 Belfast to Portrush

1450 #torchrelay passes huge golden crown in Protestant Larne.”we’ll see if it lasts until Tuesday ” says vicar #myolympics

1339 @GaryClarke Just watched history go down in Carrickfergus #olympictorch #london2012 #torchrelay #olympics pic.twitter.com/MoDSgBVX

1207 Michael Rea carrying the Olympic Flame at Belfast Zoo on the Torch Relay leg between Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus.

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1155 Mr Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor of The Times, has just posted his first ever SoundCloud file. Enjoy!

1130 Henry in Carrickfergus #torchrelay “it’s a once in a lifetime thing” Wife:”he’s 82” #myolympics

1107 Torchbearer John McAlpine at the Parliament Buildings, Stormont.

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1030 Ice skater Dempsey Andrews, 15, from East Belfast, carried the torch through part of Co Down. She has performed with Olympic skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

1004 What a nice image this is:

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Geraldine Mccann carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Newtownards and Stormont

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@WillLeitch Bit chilly in Belfast. Thousands at Stormont in the hope of a free hand warm on the #OlympicTorch

0938 The first torch bearer was Karen Marshall, who has had Crohn’s disease for 14 years.

She works full-time with marginalised young people, volunteers for her local church, for REACT (Reconciliation Education and Community Training) and is a member of the local District Policing Partnership.

Sports Minister Caral Ni Chuilin said: “She is a real inspiration to the local people of Tynan in County Armagh and today is an inspiration to all, becoming the first torchbearer here.”

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Chilly Stormont,Olympians gather for warmth in parliament gift shop.one buys box of fudge. Whoops-torch is here! #torchrelay #myolympics

0910 First picture of the day!

Karen Marshall carrying the Olympic flame on the Torch Relay leg between Belfast and Bangor

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Karen Marshall carrying the Olympic flame on the Torch Relay leg between Belfast and Bangor

0901 Will Unionists b celebrating Queen while Catholics ignore #Jubilee and celebrate #torchrelay ? Will test today #myolympics

0850 Odd city branding:Belfast celebrates own history with Titanic museum and tours of Falls road.disaster tourism. #myolympics #torchrelay

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Red eye Sunday: sensible ulster men asleep as torch leaves Titanic docks,will hot up later #myolympics #torchrelay

0833 Did you miss the action yesterday? Roger didn’t miss a thing and you can catch up here. The day ended with the flame in close proximity to Martin McGuiness in Belfast... good to have the Diplomatic Editor on hand.

0828 Following around the torch today and all this week is The Times’s Diplomatic Editor Roger Boyes. You can follow his tweets at @rogerboyes Join in with the hashtag #myolympics

0800 Welcome to day 16 of the Torch Relay, which begins in Belfast at 6.06am and will end in Portrush at 6.14pm. For the full 70 days of its epic journey The Times will cover the Relay with live updates, reports and tweets from our reporters following the route of the Olympic Flame around Britain as it gets closer to the opening ceremony of the Games in London on July 27.

We also want your experiences and thoughts, so let us know what is happening with you by adding the hashtag #myolympics to your tweets.

ll the runners

Emily Alexander; Brooke Andrews; Dempsey Andrews; Dawn Aston; Natalie Barr; Kevin Bartlett; Bethany-Kate Bayliss; Aubrey Bingham; Daniel Black; Nicola Blythe; Mark Boyd; David Boyle; Peter Brittain; Tom Campbell; Lisa Cardwell; Walter Carswell; Simon Clarke; Leigha Coade; Michael Cole; John Condie; Roderick Conlon; Gary Courtney; Jon Devlin; Brendan Duddy; Stewart Duguid; Victoria Duxbury; Padraic Farrell; Daniel Fearon; Michael Finnegan; Niall Finnegan; Paul Gray; Nigel Hart; Des Hassan; Michael Henry; Lisa Hickson; Dylan Hull; Olive Hyde (nee Large); Kate Irvine; Emma Jefferson; Mary Johnston; Andrew Ker; Freddy Kinnersley; Ciaran Kinney; Laura Kydd; Oonagh Lindsay; Steven Lowry; Sophie Lynn; Louise Lyons; Paul Magee; Martin Mahood; Karen Marshall; John McAlpine; Gerry McCabe; Geraldine McCann; Leon McCarron; Alison McClean; Bernadine McDonald; Pat McHenry; James McKee; James McKeown; Darren Mckinley; Diane McMillan; Sabrina McVeigh; Irena Mihneva; Maria Mohan; Caroline Morrison; Marc Mulholland; Cassie Munro; James Murray; Drew Nelson; Kelsey Nolan; Sam Pollock; Stephanie Prentice; Michael Quinn; Michael Rea; Trevor Ringland; Ciara Sands; Maurice Savage; David Sharkey; Victor Spence; Matthew Sykes; Barry Torrens; Kirstie Turner; Ryan Walsh; Victoria Walsh; Kylie Watson; Aaron Whiting; Amanda Wilson; Dave Wilson; Tom Wilson; Gareth Young

Where and when the Torch will be

01 Belfast 6.06am
02 Holywood 6.22am
03 Bangor 6.49am
04 Newtownards 7.37am
05 Comber 8.02am
06 Dundonald 8.24am
07 Stormont 8.44am
08 Newtownabbey 10.08am
09 Carrickfergus 10.54am
10 Larne 12.42pm
11 Glenarm 2.34pm
12 Carnlough 2.50pm
13 Glenariff 3.22pm
14 Ballycastle 4.48pm
15 Bushmills 5.52pm
16 Portrush 6.14pm

One to watch

Gerry McCabe, 61, from Belfast, co-founded a running club in the city. For the past 40 years he has voluntarily coached young people, as well as visiting schools in Northern Ireland to encourage participation in athletics.

Going out

Portrush are holding a free ticketed concert hosted by the former Blue Peter presenter Zöe Salmon. There will be performances from 2011 X Factor finalists Janet Devlin and Kitty Brucknell, Celtic dancing and an RAF air display with a Second World War Dakota and a Hawk jet.