Katie Taylor blocks out the noise ahead of Olympic rematch

The Bray native’s latest defence of her undisputed lightweight championship is against a friendly foe.

Katie Taylor trains with her coach Ross Enamait at the Matchtoom Boxing fight hotel in Manchester, prior to her lightweight title bout against Natasha Jonas. Picture: Mark Robinson / Matchroom Boxing via Sportsfile

Five years on from the Regency Hotel shooting and its fateful reverberations have yet to abate.

Jonathan Dowdall was just this week charged before the Special Criminal Court in relation to the murder of David Byrne, a flashpoint which further escalated an already fierce feud between the Kinahan and Hutch organised crime groups.