Aoife O’Rourke, Patsy Joyce and Grainne Walsh secure medals at World Boxing Championships

The Team Ireland trio won their respective quarter-final bouts in Liverpool on Wednesday.

JUMPING FOR JOY: Grainne Walsh celebrates as she is declared victorious in their Women's 65kg quarter-final bout. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile.

Team Ireland will return from the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool with three medals following wins for Aoife O’Rourke, Patsy Joyce and Grainne Walsh in Wednesday's quarter-finals.

Double Olympian and four-time continental champion, O'Rourke is assured of at least a bronze after she claimed a 4-1 win over fellow Olympian Sunniva Hofsted in her last eight bout.