Katie Taylor has backed Christina Desmond to become a future star following her European medal success.

Cork middleweight Christina Desmond bids to become the first Irishwoman since Katie Taylor to reach a European Elite final in Sofia, Bulgaria today. 

The World Boxing Council (WBC), one of the various pro boxing sanctioning bodies, has hit out at radical proposal to allow pro boxers compete in the Olympics.

Katie Taylor’s brother Lee and Irish interim head coach Zaur Antia will be working her corner at the Mallow GAA Complex in Cork tonight.

Andy Lee believes if he holds onto his belt, that a fight with middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin is inevitable.

Ireland's boxers arrived back at Dublin Airport shortly after 11am this morning with four medals in tow, led by David Oliver Joyce, who claimed his third successive EU Elite Championships gold medal in Sofia, Bulgaria yesterday.

Boxing: Ireland will be involved in three finals at today’s European Union Elite Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

London Olympian Adam Nolan admitted he ‘fell asleep’ in the second round of Saturday’s welterweight quarter-final at the National Elite Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Quinn Insurance and subsidiaries last year returned to profit, recording pre-tax profits of €99.8m in spite of revenues more than halving to €223m.

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan returned to the baize for the first time since his title retention in Sheffield and he picked up where he had left off.

Lady Gaga has switched to a gluten free diet.

Organisers of protests in more than three dozen cities around the world are hoping thousands will turn out in raucous support of Pussy Riot, the Russian punk band convicted of hooliganism in Moscow.

The Quinns of Cavan/Fermanagh may not like the comparisons drawn between themselves and the fictional Ewings of Dallas.

Antrim light-flyweight Jason McKay and Kerry middleweight Brian Wall are through to the today’s finals at the European Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lady Gaga is bringing her 'Born This Way Ball' to Dublin.

Fashion retailer H&M said today its earnings increased 5% in the first quarter on rising sales, but margins shrank due to higher purchasing costs.

BANK OF IRELAND, the nation’s largest bank, is preparing to sell its remaining $1.8 billion (€1.3bn) of US real-estate loans after regulators ordered it to shrink its balance sheet.

An eastern European man caught attempting to bring ATM skimming equipment into the country through Dublin Airport has been given a 15-month prison sentence.

Madonna collapsed on stage twice at the weekend.

Serbia may drop a £600m (€787.6m) international debt bill on Kosovo in revenge for its declaration of independence.

Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria today after eight and a half years in prison in Libya.

US President George W Bush said yesterday “the world is united and concerned” about Iran’s suspected desire to build nuclear weapons and said he will work with other countries to achieve a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

PRINCE Charles claims he has been shown “no compassion” by the British public as a result of his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles.

IRAQ won the first battle in the propaganda war last night as Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz met reporters in Baghdad, scotching reports he had defected or been shot trying to flee.

Iraqi Kurds claimed today that Saddam Hussein’s urbane mouthpiece Tariq Aziz has defected and is in the region they control in northern Iraq.