Such a pity events that have nothing to do with the great athletes of Team Ireland will cast a shadow over Irish Sport in 2016, writes Seán Kelly.

Sports psychologist Gerry Hussey, who worked with Ireland’s boxing team at the Olympic Games, has said that the athletes face very tough times ahead.

Boxing coach Billy Walsh, who continued his Olympic medal success in Rio with the US boxing team, has said the IABA could have done more to keep him

RTÉ should be congratulated for its magnificent coverage of the Olympic Games. 

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World Elite champion Michael Conlan has withdrawn from the Irish squad for the Gee Bee multi-nations in Finland because of injury.

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

Ireland’s elite amateur boxers are to be catered for in a state-of-the-art training facility in the National Sports Campus.

Routes to Olympic qualification continue to multiply but that isn’t to say that getting there is any easier, writes Brendan O’Brien.

BOXING: Olympic heroes Michael Conlon and Paddy Barnes will be among 24 boxers who will compete in a tournament, in memory of the late Liam Walsh, father of IABA High Performance Unit head coach, Billy.

Ballinderry have described proposed suspensions for 13 players and supporters involved in a brawl which marred the club’s Derry SFC final defeat as "severe".

Should Ireland ever commit to the Commonwealth again, it would only be to the benefit of its sports men and women in the 26 counties, smack bang in the middle of every Olympic cycle

The Irish crew of Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (Citroen DS3 WRC) made a bright start to Rally Poland – round seven of the World Rally Championship – and hold third place, seven seconds behind the VW Polo WRC of leaders Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia heading into today’s seven stages.

St Vincent’s of Dublin will play Mayo kingpins Castlebar Mitchels in the AIB GAA All-Ireland club SFC final at Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day, after the two teams emerged from a pair of titanic and hugely entertaining tussles in today’s semi-finals.

Billy Walsh hasn’t diluted his ambition of Ireland finishing top of the boxing medal table at the next Olympic Games despite the raft of changes which threaten to squeeze the number of qualifiers under his charge.

Ballinderry Shamrocks 1-13 Glenswilly 2-06

After 26 seconds of yesterday’s Ulster Club SFC final you’d have given more than a penny for the thoughts of Gareth McKinless.

Katie Taylor has revealed she is again “flirting” with the idea of turning professional — and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist may well be joined in the paid boxing ranks by Michael Conlon, who claimed a bronze in London last year.

Irish Olympic silver medalist Ken Egan has announced his retirement from boxing.

This year’s Elite national boxing championships are only at semi-final stage but already we know that five titles will change hands this year.

The West Limerick Forest Rally, the opening round of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship, ended with a dramatic final stage victory for County Down’s, Philip Morrow and co-driver, Johnny Hart.

Three of Ireland’s boxing elite are turing their attentions to the National senior championships after featuring in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) last week.

Joe Ward and John Joe Nevin both scored victories in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) in London’s York Hall last night, with Michael Conlon losing the bout of the evening to his old rival Andrew Selby.

Sports pundits might have to brush up on their tips as hundreds of teenagers correctly predicted the number and colours of Irish Olympic medals.

Ever since it became apparent that Rory McIlroy could be a world great in his sport some people have, for less than honourable reasons, tried to force him to declare allegiance to either Ireland or Britain.

I completely agree with Diane Denizen’s sentiments (Irish Examiner, Aug 24).

For the last decade or more employers have been demolishing defined and guaranteed benefit pension plans in favour of defined contribution plans where the employees make the investment decisions and take the investment risk.

The search is on to find Irish Olympic Boxer Michael Conlon's mobile phone after it was stolen earlier this week in a popular Dublin nightclub.

Team Ireland gold medal winner Katie Taylor has said she will take a break before deciding where her future lies.

Team Ireland's 66 Olympians arrive home at lunchtime today with their five Olympic medals.

Michael Conlon has won another Olympic medal for Ireland.

More than 6,000 boxing fans lined Bray seafront to see local girl Katie Taylor secure a bronze at the Olympics.

There will be three Irish athletes involved in the first day of track action at the Olympic Games in London today.

John Joe Nevin stands one more win from a guaranteed Olympic medal after a 15-10 win over Kanat Abutalipov at ExCeL today – but before his next bout Nevin has more pressing concerns in the Olympic Village.

Four-time world champion Katie Taylor has been placed in the tougher half of the draw in the women's lightweight category at the London Olympics.

The heartbroken family of the rally photographer who lost his life in Sunday’s horrific accident has asked mourners to pray for the driver involved in the tragedy.

Valvoline National Forest Rally Champions, Cork pair, Owen Murphy/James O’Brien (Mitsubishi) won the Mallow-based Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, the fourth round of the series after finishing 6.3 seconds ahead of Colin Britton/Arthur Kierans with former champions, Pat O’Connell/Mark Wiley just nine tenths of a second behind to complete a Mitsubishi top three.