St Francis BC coach Ken Moore hailed Tommy Casey and Myles Casey after last night’s Limerick v Antrim showdowns at the National Elite Championships in Dublin in an emotional week for the Shannonsiders.

It took a long time for the theatre company involved in CARE to create their tale of life in a place that’s synonymous with death, writes Colette Sheridan

Patience has been a necessity at club level for late bloomer Alan Judge, so waiting for his international debut to eventually arrive tomorrow against Switzerland is not an issue for the 27-year-old.

AIBA World No. 3 ranked middleweight Michael O’Reilly secured his third successive Elite title at the National Stadium in Dublin last night.

Six of tonight’s 10 finals at the National Elite Championships are likely to have an impact on Olympic ambitions ahead of the Rio 2016 Games.

Katie Taylor - minus her dad and coach in her corner for the first time this decade - claimed her first Irish title in the ring at Dublin’s National Stadium last night.

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Limerick’s Myles Casey advanced to within one win of becoming the first St Francis BC boxer since Jimmy Moore and current WBO World middleweight champion Andy Lee to claim an Elite title last night.

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St Brendan’s College, Killarney have joined fellow Kerry school Coláiste na Sceilge in qualifying from Group B of the Corn Uí Mhuirí to reach the quarter-finals.

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Manager Colman O’Driscoll acknowledges the curtain is slowly falling on St Fachtna’s bid for a fourth Corn Uí Mhuirí crown.

The destination of the second qualifying spot in Group 2 of the Dr Harty Cup will not be decided until the playing of the final game in the group, St Francis College, Rochestown and BlackwaterCommunity School, Lismore.

A two-year funding delay for 20 vital Cork hospice care beds is set to end this autumn — meaning terminally-ill people will get the care they need.

The Katie Taylor machine rolls on to Waterford tonight after a unanimous victory over American Liz Leddy at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork last night.

ASK Phillip ‘Philly’ Hughes if it might be disrespectful to call him a journeyman and the Shelbourne striker cheerfully demurs.

TERMINALLY ill patients are being put on waiting lists for vital end-of-life care as a result of the State’s long-term failure to adequately invest in hospice services.

The global swine flu outbreak has worsened as US authorities said hundreds of students at a New York school have fallen ill and federal officials said they expected to see US deaths from the virus.

Cleaners scrubbed every desk, chair and classroom at a New York high school, infected students wore surgical masks as they recovered in their beds, anxious parents woke their children at night to check their temperature.

JOHN JOE JOYCE (St Michael’s, Athy) stamped his name on the list for next month’s European championships with an emphatic 20-4 victory over the plucky Ballymena light welterweight, Stephen Donnelly (All Saints), in the finals of the open tournament held to help select the team for Liverpool.

Reigning Irish featherweight champion David Oliver Joyce will miss tonight's Open Senior Competition final with Carl Frampton because of an illness.

Ireland beat Poland 5-3 in Donegal last night to take a two-bout lead into the second leg of the senior international series on Friday evening.

ANDY LEE revived the fortunes of professional boxing in Limerick yesterday, weeks before he strikes a blow in his big fight scheduled for the University of Limerick arena.

Peter Brady from the Holy Trinity club in Belfast has claimed the first title of the 2007 National Intermediate Championships after receiving a walkover against Declan Geraghty of the Docklands club.

ARTHUR McDONAGH will top the bill when Fermoy ABC honour the memory of their late president and founder-member John Mahon with a special memorial boxing tournament at St Coleman’s Sports Hall on Sunday (3pm).

DARREN SUTHERLAND looks set to fulfil another ambition tonight by claiming a national senior title at the National Stadium.

Former League of Ireland soccer goalkeeper Gary Matthews has been taken on as goalkeeping coach to the Dublin senior footballer

WHICHEVER side wins tomorrow's FAI Cup final, history is destined to be made.

MICHAEL FOUHY faces the biggest assignment of his boxing career when he represents Ireland at heavyweight at the multi-nations tournament in Ballybunion this week.

ANDY LEE made a triumphant return to the National Stadium when he launched another defence of the national senior middleweight title he won two years ago with a very impressive 19-8 victory over Hugh Joyce (St. Michael's, Athy).

NASEEM HAMED yesterday announced he is planning to return to the ring in the Middle East this summer after a three-year absence.

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ANDY LEE has overcome a hand injury and will contest the middleweight semi-final at the European boxing championships in Pula, Croatia, this evening.

AFTER 12 years of heavy drug and alcohol use, Patrick is clean for the last seven months.

St Patrick's Athletic and St Francis are to merge, with the new club to be known as Dublin Saints.

Monaghan United last night clinched the second automatic promotion place from division one of the Eircom league.

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St Francis are currently holding premier league rivals Drogheda in a goalless deadlock.

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Portmarnock have won their FAI Cup third round replay against Dundalk.