Megan Fletcher may have bowed out at the quarter-finals stage of the European Games judo in Minsk, but the recently-declared Irish judoka is now a candidate to do big things at next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

Unanimous points victories for Michael Nevin, James McGivern and Regan Buckley have continued Ireland’s positive boxing run at the European Games in Minsk – but heavyweight Tony Browne is out.

There was a glorious homecoming yesterday morning at Dublin Airport, where Ireland’s six medal winners at the inaugural European Games in Baku passed through the arrival gates of Terminal 1.

Well wishers and fans flocked to Dublin Airport this morning to greet the Irish team on their return from Baku.

Donegal brother and sister Chloe and Sam Magee settled for badminton bronze in the mixed doubles event at the European Games on Saturday.

Pete Taylor believes Katie Taylor is Ireland’s greatest ever athlete and will strike gold at the Rio Olympics next year.

Ireland’s boxing head coach Billy Walsh declared the European Games a total success and believes this Irish team can break more records.

Two Irish boxers have taken home gold medals at the European Games in Baku.

Chloe and Sam Magee guaranteed Ireland a bronze medal in badminton’s mixed doubles at the European games after pushing aside Poland’s Pawel Pietryja and Aneta Wojtkowska 21-18, 21-12 in just over 30 minutes.

Katie Taylor survived quite a scare to set up a European games final with Estelle Mossely in Baku today.

Two badminton medals have been secured as Chloe and Sam Magee qualified for the mixed doubles semi-finals and a guaranteed bronze at least.

Sean McComb has lost to top-ranked Azeri Albert Selimov in the men's lightweight semis on a unanimous points decision.

Katie Taylor is through to the European Games final after a narrow win in her semi-final in Baku.

Defeat was Brendan Irvine’s lot in Ireland’s first ever boxing final at a European Games.

It’s a been a fruitful morning in the pool for Ireland’s swimmers at the European Games in Baku with the Irish 4x100m medley relay squad qualifying for tonight’s final,

Scott Evans cruised into the last 16 of the European games men’s Badminton, taking less than half an hour to defeat Austria’s Gergley Krausz.

Katie Taylor bagged her 18th major medal in convincing fashion in Baku yesterday and immediately set sights on gold.

Katie Taylor will have no fear of finding herself on the wrong end of a home-town verdict when she faces Azerbaijan’s Yana Alekseevna in the women’s lightweight semi-finals at the European Games in Baku.

Katie Taylor and Michael O’Reilly have added to Ireland’s medals tally at the European Games in Baku, doubling the Irish tally from two to four – and they’re currently all bronzes

Sean McComb secured Ireland a second European games medal with victory over Turkey’s Yashin Yilmaz yesterday.

Hundreds of mourners are attending the funeral of Eoghan Culligan, a Government Minister said there will be no referendum on abortion before the next election, Sean McComb has earned Ireland’s second medal of the European Games in Baku and we pay a musical tribute to the late James Horner. These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Brendan Irvine battled from behind to land Ireland’s first ever European games medal in Baku, Azerbaijan, yesterday.

A day of mixed emotions for Ireland at the European Games in Baku with the first Irish medal of the Games secured, but with two others falling by the wayside.

It was a day of mixed emotions for Ireland at the European Games in Baku with the first Irish medal of the Games secured, but with two others falling by the wayside.

Ireland’s first medal of the European Games in Baku has been claimed in the boxing ring by Brendan Irvine.

Ireland’s badminton campaign at the European Games got underway with two defeats this morning in Baku.

Ireland’s boxers are looking to secure our first three medals at the European Games today, with three quarter-final bouts having Irish interest at the Crystal Hall.

Katie Taylor returned to winning ways, progressing to a bronze medal bout at the European Games in Baku yesterday.

Katie Taylor led a successful charge of Ireland’s boxers in Day Nine action at the European Games in Baku, with all four winning their last-16 bouts.

Katie Taylor pronounced herself “hungrier than ever” to maintain her dominance at the top of the women’s world lightweight division after making a successful start at the European Games in Baku on Sunday.

Katie Taylor makes her entrance at the inaugural European Games in Baku today, when the Olympic champion fights Denitsa Eliseeva in the last 16 of the women’s lightweight boxing.

Today’s Irish hopes for medals at the European Games, gymnast Kieran Behan and cyclist Caroline Ryan, have finished outside the top three in Baku, with Behan coming fourth and Ryan at one stage leading the women’s road race before dropping out.

It’s Ireland’s busiest day yet in the boxing ring at the European Games in Baku – and the first Irish medal of the Games may arrive today at the Gymnastics Centre.

Boxing, diving and archery make up the sports with Irish involvement on Day Seven of the European Games in Baku.

Sean McComb is through to the televised stages of the boxing event at the inaugural European Games in Baku after a unanimous points victory in his lightweight opener this morning.

Caroline Ryan has finished 15th for Ireland in cycling’s individual time trial on Day Six of the European Games in Baku.

Darren O’Neill believes the Irish boxing team will be kings of the ring at the European Games in Baku.

Ireland's boxers enter the ring for the first time on Day Four of the European Games in Baku.

Andrzej Jezierski was Ireland’s best performer at day three of the European Games in Baku yesterday.

Gymnast Kieran Behan has got Ireland’s European Games campaign up and running in Baku.

Aileen Reid missed out on an inaugural medal as the new European games launched in Baku over the weekend.

The party was put in sharp perspective after 15-year-old synchronized swimmer Vanessa Sahinovic was left with serious spinal injuries.