Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston has secured the services of high-performance expert Gary Keegan for the Rebel hurlers, sources have confirmed.

Where there’s money and sport, there will continue to be corruption of one form or another, writes Michael Clifford

Shocking, embarrassing, and disappointing. That was sports minister Shane Ross’s response yesterday to the double scandal to engulf Ireland’s Olympic dream in Rio. Who is to blame, asks Daniel McConnell

Ireland’s Olympic boss Pat Hickey has been told by sports ministers Shane Ross and Patrick O’Donovan to clarify urgently what he knows about the ticket touting scandal.

Coach Billy Walsh’s absence from the Irish Olympic set-up has reignited tensions within the national boxing set-up as to why he resigned.

Boxing chiefs have conceded that suspended fighter Michael O’Reilly is unlikely to clear his name in time to make his first bout following a failed doping test.

It’s not an Olympic sport but if Pat Hickey has his way, he’d be going for gold in the doping test hurdles.

It should have been the most exciting journey of Pat Ryan’s life but when Michael O’Reilly’s coach boards his flight to Rio to see his protege tomorrow, their reunion will be a subdued affair.

Darren O’Neill is no stranger to adversity and hardship. For years he was landed with the label of Irish boxing’s bridesmaid.

AIBA World Elite champions Katie Taylor and Michael Conlan scooped two of the awards at last night’s Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) Annual Awards in Dublin.

Zaur Antia will guide Ireland’s boxers through to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro later this year after confirmation from Sport Ireland chief executive John Treacy that the bid to find a permanent successor to Billy Walsh will not kick into gear until after the Games.

For the second time inside 11 months, Dean Walsh and Ray Moylette will clash in the standout bout at the finals of the National Elite Championships, but there is more on the line than national pride tonight (live on TG4 from 7.30pm).

“We have 20 coaches who can do Billy’s job.” Of all the thousands of words spoken yesterday during a four-hour session of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communication — called to examine the story behind Billy Walsh’s loss to Irish amateur boxing — those nine stood out.

Former Ireland boxing head coach Billy Walsh has put his nightmare row with the sport’s chiefs behind him as he begins his “fairytale” new life in the US.

The chairman of the Oireachtas Sports Committee has appealed for calm in the increasingly bitter dispute over the resignation of Olympic boxing coach Billy Walsh.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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One week on from Michael Conlan’s world championship final win, officials from the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) were last night preparing a defence for the increasing criticism launched at them following the resignation of Billy Walsh.

The furore around the departure of our greatest boxing coach Billy Walsh could set a dangerous precedent as another Irish talent is forced into exile, writes Michael Clifford

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Kenneth Egan fears the departure of Billy Walsh from Irish boxing could rock Irish boxing’s coaching structures as the Olympic silver medallist insisted a coherent, long-term succession plan must be put in place.

The Minister for Sport Michael Ring has said that he thought that a deal to keep Billy Walsh as head coach of the Irish High Performance Unit had been agreed.

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Billy Walsh “has not tendered his resignation”, according to a statement issued by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) last night.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association should act ‘quickly and decisively ‘ to resolve Billy Walsh’s future as head coach of Irish boxing’s High Performance Unity, according to Kieran Mulvey, chairman of the Irish Sports Council.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association were last night maintaining a silent stance on Billy Walsh’s future as Irish head coach following speculation that the Wexford man is set to take up a coaching role with the United States’ boxing team.

Amy Broadhurst topped an impressive haul for Irish boxing from three European Elite, Youth and Junior tournaments this summer in Hungary on Saturday.

The Bulgarian town of Samokov has been renowned for its iron-forging skills since the Middle Ages and when our elite boxers return from the European Elite Championships being held there this week the expectation is that they will do so having fashioned some precious metal of their own.

World and Olympic champions Andy Lee and Katie Taylor will be reunited next month.

Katie Taylor could appear on the undercard of The Showdown between Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders at Thomond Park with discussions about her involvement still ongoing.