ST. Michael’s, from Athy, will have five boxers in the national senior boxing championship finals, next Friday night.

DARREN SUTHERLAND opens his bid for a first national senior title at the National Stadium tomorrow night when he meets Waterford's Keith Whelan (St Paul's) in the first of the middleweight semi-finals.

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE is poised to become the star of the multi-nations boxing tournament in Ballybunion following another spectacular performance at the Tintean Theatre yesterday when he outpointed a teak tough Welshman, Matthew Edmonds, for a place in tonight’s finals.

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.

THE finals of the national under-21 boxing championships provide some interesting pairings at the National Stadium tonight when some beaten finalists from the seniors will be involved.

THOMAS LEE (Oughterard) and Eric Donovan (St Michael’s, Athy), members of the Irish team for the multi-nations tournament in Cork, will be in action at the national under-21 boxing championships finals at the National Stadium tonight, while a third member of the squad, Conor Ahern (Baldoyle), gets a walkover in the light flyweight division.

The search is resuming for a group of builders feared trapped after a three-storey building collapsed.