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Cathal Dennehy: Irish in no position to criticise Amy Broadhurst defection decision 

The Louth native looks set to represent Team GB in Paris this summer. 
Cathal Dennehy: Irish in no position to criticise Amy Broadhurst defection decision 

Grainne Walsh of Spartacus Boxing Club, Offaly, left, celebrates after her victory over Amy Broadhurst. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The picture is carefully cropped, Amy Broadhurst’s face filling far more of the frame than her teammates in their profile shots. There’s a good reason for that.

The others are in the blue and red of Team GB, but the picture of Broadhurst – taken at the 2022 World Boxing Championships – cuts out the Sport Ireland logo on her tracksuit and the four-province crest of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA). The colour of her kit also looks curiously changed from its original emerald green.

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