Kieren Noonan was spotted by a casting agent as he was having breakfast with a friend in a Sydney cafe.

As the normal chaos of a Saturday night in Las Vegas began to kick off around him, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was content sipping a cup of tea. It was only hours before that he was knocked out with a single, blurring slash of David Lemieux’s left hand but the Mahon native did not feel like he had been in a fight whatsoever.

Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan's world title ambitions were crushed inside three minutes of his Las Vegas debut as David Lemieux lived up to his big-hitting reputation.

David Lemieux crossed the line between regular boxing parlance and the sort of talk which has no place in the sport by claiming he wants to damage Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan “for life”.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is hoping his management can pull off a major coup with confirmation of the biggest fight of his life as he hopes to land a Las Vegas shot at middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin.

Gary O’Sullivan is hoping to secure a rematch with old friend and foe Billy Joe Saunders, the WBO middleweight champion, after a shock victory in Canada put him right back in the world title frame.

Every night during his training camp in Dublin, after he’s finished his stretching routine on the floor of the hotel room, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan pulls out a pen and paper.

Craft Restaurant, 208 Harolds Cross Road, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6w. 

Having recorded three wins in the US since his 2015 loss to Chris Eubank Jr, Cork middleweight Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sulivan (25-2) has one of his biggest opportunities tonight when the 33-year-old Mahon native headlines a Golden Boy/Murphy’s Boxing fight card, live on two ESPN channels in the States, at the House of Blues, Boston

John Cuffe recalls the day he woke up and saw Cork harbour ablaze. His new memoir of being a prison officer includes a look at the riot on Spike Island. He tells Donal O’Keeffe.

Pauline McLynn might never escape the associations with Craggy Island, but her role with Corcadorca on Spike will be one of the highlights of Cork Midsummer Festival, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

A former Kildare footballer who was described by the Sunday World as “the biggest swinger in town” started a defamation action against the newspaper yesterday.

Tonight, Andy Lee will walk out as the ‘away’ fighter in his first world-title defence when he takes on England’s undefeated Billy Joe Saunders at the Manchester Arena. 

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is hoping to fly the Cork flag high above Thomond Park on September 19 and secure a world title shot against the winner of the main event in the process.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan has targeted an historic all-Irish world title showdown with close friend Andy Lee after racking up a fifth straight knock-out in Boston on Saturday.

Q: Why did you choose the hard life of professional boxing?

When Limerick woman Edel Bermingham-Sheehy came home, she found her cushions had been ripped to shreds.

Boxing: Gary "Spike" O’Sullivan marked his Madison Square Garden debut with a routine victory in New York on Saturday night.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan wants to follow the path of Steve Collins and Andy Lee by booking a world-title shot Stateside with his next fight set for Madison Square Garden.

While Matthew Macklin suffered a heart-breaking defeat on Saturday night, his middleweight compatriot Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan staked his claim to be Ireland’s premier 160lb fighter with a brutal one-round knockout of Dubliner Anthony Fitzgerald at the 3Arena.

While Matthew Macklin is the star attraction of this weekend’s fight card at the 3 Arena, more evidence was offered at the final pre-fight press conference to suggest that the bitter showdown between Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan and Anthony Fitzgerald will steal the show as their war of words spilled over into a physical altercation, followed by a kiss yesterday.

Irish middleweight Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan believes a new approach to training and preparation has him stronger and sharper ahead of his grudge match with Dublin’s Anthony Fitzgerald.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan will be back in big-time boxing action next month after the announcement that his fight with Anthony Fitzgerald has been rescheduled for November 15.

It’s 25 years since Public Enemy hit the mainstream with the Do The Right Thing film. Their frontman tells Don O’Mahony why his group’s message remains relevant

Mike Myers is to have his face on a stamp.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan make his return to the ring tonight in the US, still confident he can win a world title.

A documentary series which gives a unique insight into the brutal regime on what was once one of Europe’s largest penal colonies will premiere on irishexaminer.com today.

Mike Myers is having a baby. Watch US news anchors' startling lack of originality in breaking the announcement.

Archaeologists have identified for the first time the full extent of a convicts’ mass grave on what was once a notorious concentration camp-style prison in Cork harbour.

Paschal Collins reckons Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan can return all the stronger from Saturday’s defeat to Billy Joe Saunders in London.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan believes he has found the critical flaw in Billy Joe Saunders arsenal, which will lead to a knockout victory for the Corkman this evening.

Cork’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is confident he can beat British 2008 Olympian Billy Joe Saunders in London on Saturday.

Despite being in the Dáil til after midnight as the abortion debate rumbled on, a bright-eyed Taoiseach found himself within hours riding the high seas in a powerboat on Cork harbour on one of the most beautiful days of the summer.

WITHOUT striking too ghoulish a tone, perhaps it is fair to reflect that amid the brouhaha surrounding the death of Margaret Thatcher, an opportunity was lost.

The Rape Crisis Network is reporting a spike in calls to their service after a rapist in his 70s was freed on bail this week, having been convicted of abusing his daughter.