WORLD boxing champion Katie Taylor has not ruled out making the jump from the amateur to the professional ranks, but only after she has achieved her primary aim of competing in the Olympics.

KATIE TAYLOR provided Irish boxing with another lift over the weekend when she claimed the 60kg title with a spectacular win over Eva Walstrom from Finland in the finals of the European senior championships in Norway.

THE likelihood of Europe agreeing the new constitution took a turn for the worse yesterday with the French being the latest to join the no camp according to a poll.

RESIDENTS who fought an illegal dump in an amenity area all the way to the European Commission said they felt vindicated yesterday following a scathing EU attack on a city’s environmental record.