John Joe Nevin and Irish captain Ken Egan are through to Saturday's finals at the 2008 European Union Championships in Poland following impressive semi-final victories in Cetniewo this afternoon.

Irish 2008 Olympian Paddy Barnes has received a bye into the 6th European Union Championships light flyweight final following this mornings draw at the Cetniewo Olympic Centre in Cetniewo, Poland.

Irish head coach Billy Walsh believes that this weeks sparring and training camp with England and France at the National Stadium in Dublin can only augur well for the Olympic qualifiers in Pescara, Italy later this month.