KATIE TAYLOR’S participation in the London Olympics in 2012 is in serious doubt, according to President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Pat Hickey, who said yesterday that the inclusion of women’s boxing was far from a done deal.

WE might be perennial under-achievers when it comes to medals, but Ireland is set to strike Olympic gold in monetary terms as a result of yesterday’s decision to award the 2012 Games to London.

NORTHERN Irish athletes will be free to represent Ireland at the Athens Olympics if they chose to do so.