Boxing sensation Katie Taylor is sitting on a cash surplus of over €1.5m following another successful year for her company.

The move by Katie Taylor into the professional boxing arena is paying off as accumulated profits at her commercial firm passed the €1.576 million mark last year.

Katie Taylor is living the dream. The lightweight boxing champion now has Rio firmly in her sights after qualifying for the games at the World Championships in Kazakhstan last month. “It’s a dream come true, everyone knows how much the Olympic Games mean to me and to have a chance to defend my title is an absolute honour,” she said shortly after the game-changing fight.

Jedward-mania hit the streets of Dublin as the pop duo carried the Olympic Torch through the capital.