
Darren O'Neill Moves On, McDonagh and Sheehan Lose
Irish team captain Darren O'Neill progressed to the last-16 of the European Senior Championships in Ankara, Turkey.

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Irish team captain Darren O'Neill progressed to the last-16 of the European Senior Championships in Ankara, Turkey.

Michael McDonagh and Willie McLaughlin claimed the lightweight and welterweight places on the Irish team for next month's European Elite Championships following edge-of-the-seat wins over the St Michael's Athy pair of David Oliver Joyce and John Joe Joyce in this morning's Box-Off finals at the National Stadium.

Portlaoise BC head coach Pat Ryan believes that the Michael O'Reilly versus Robert Carthy clash at Friday's National Youth Championships semi-finals could be one of the bouts of the weekend at the National Stadium.

Katie Taylor and the European Senior Championships medal winning quintet of Paddy Barnes, Darren O'Neill, Eric Donovan, Tyrone McCullagh and Ken Egan shared the Elite Achievement Award as the IABA celebrated another outstanding year at its Annual Awards Night at the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin last night.

Ireland's Christine Gargan and Katie Rowland had to settle for silver from today's European Youth & Junior Championships finals in Calais, France.

The Irish Elite squad claimed five gold and three silver medals at the Ostrava Grand Prix in the Czech Republic.