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Joe Ward advances to European Championship final
- Other Sports
- June 23, 2017, 21:50
RIO 2016 Olympian Joe Ward is on course for his third European title in the Kharkiv, Ukraine, but Antrim’s Brendan Irvine and Kurt Walker had to settl(...)

Man jailed for eight years for attack and false imprisonment
- Irish News
- May 30, 2017, 21:29
A 29-year-old man has been jailed for eight years for stabbing another man and falsely imprisoning him during a stand-off with gardaí in Cork city las(...)

Billy Walsh award sums up year where Irish amateur boxing lost
- Other Sports
- December 21, 2016, 18:40
Four days after Irish Boxing (IABA) announced its strategic plan, where it acknowledged (or at least the independent review did) that there was a defi(...)

Jason Quigley in a hurry for bigger challenges after latest KO
- Other Sports
- December 18, 2016, 15:38
The last time we saw Jason Quigley as an amateur it was contesting the World Championships final in Kazakhstan in 2013. Darren O’Neill had finally mov(...)

Rio 2016: IABA shed little light on Michael O’Reilly drugs test result
- Other Sports
- August 6, 2016, 01:00
In a brief press release yesterday the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) said its president Pat Ryan would be arriving in Rio on Sunday. The (...)

Olympic boxer Michael O’Reilly is expected to claim a supplement he took is responsible for him failing a dope test ahead of the opening of the Rio ga(...)

Judge brands legal aid system ‘a joke’ as bail of €7,000 paid in cash
- District Court
- January 20, 2016, 16:52
A judge has described the legal aid system as a “joke” after 14 men charged with violent disorder demanded free legal representation despite posting €(...)

Billy Walsh aims to shield fighters from media
- Other Sports
- October 6, 2015, 01:51
His future remains uncertain, but Billy Walsh maintains that the focus should be on his seven-strong squad at the World Championships in Doha. (...)

If Ireland loses Billy Walsh’s services it’s a national disgrace
- Sport
- August 29, 2015, 10:00
Given how cheaply and meekly the Irish State surrendered its sovereign status in recent years, it really should be no surprise that this sorry mess of(...)

Minister hopeful that Billy Walsh might stay
- Other Sports
- August 27, 2015, 16:15
Michael Ring, Minister of State for Sport has expressed his surprise at the prospect of Irish boxing head coach Billy Walsh accepting an offer to leav(...)