Offer of a political punch-up ... but all in a good cause

In the green corner weighing in at 13-and-a-half stone, the “Mitchelstown Mauler” seeks an opponent for a heavyweight political bout.

A Fianna Fáil county councillor has thrown down the gauntlet for other politicians in his area to fight him over three rounds — for a worthy cause.

Cllr Kevin O’Keeffe, son of former minister and FF TD Ned O’Keeffe, has never before been in the ring but he’s in training for a series of fights which will take place in Mitchelstown, Co Cork on Mar 16.