Cork boxing club members 'won't throw in the towel' over demolition threat

Committee members of Sunnyside Boxing Club, Cork, in front of the club's former premises off Gerald Griffin Street, Cork, (front from left): Tony Flanagan, assistant coach; Gordon Joyce, club coach; and Carl O'Brien, principal, North Monastery Primary School; (back from left): Ted Dineen, coach; Jim Corbett, committee. Picture: Denis Minihane

Members of a famous amateur boxing club in Cork that has produced several Olympians and Irish champions say they’re prepared to stand their ground to prevent the demolition of the club’s spiritual home.

The building used by Sunnyside Boxing Club on Cork’s northside has been earmarked for demolition as part of a plan to develop three houses on the compact inner-city site at Straw Hall, between St Mary’s Road and Gerald Griffin Street in Blackpool.