Katie Taylor’s Croke Park farewell to be shown free-to-air on RTÉ
The fans at Croke Park won’t be the only ones watching Irish viewers will not have to pay to see Katie Taylor step into the ring for what is expected to be the final fight of her career, after RTÉ has secured the domestic rights to the highly anticipated bout. The Bray native will take […]
1 week ago
Aaron McKenna crowned world champion on Dublin homecoming
Aaron McKenna delivers on his homecoming Aaron McKenna is a world champion. The Monaghan man claimed the vacant IBF world middleweight title with a unanimous-decision victory over Italy’s Etinosa Oliha at Dublin’s 3Arena on Saturday night, in his first professional bout on Irish soil. It was the culmination of a career-long dream for the 27-year-old […]
2 weeks ago
Katie Taylor’s first ever portrait to be auctioned in Wicklow
The Katie Taylor portrait styled on Holbein The first ever portrait of Katie Taylor, painted when she was a sports-mad 15-year-old, is to be auctioned in her native Co Wicklow. Set to happen just weeks before the Bray boxer takes her final bow in front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park. Titled ‘The Ambassadors’, the […]
3 weeks ago
Tyson Fury reveals plans for Dublin fight this summer
The news comes after the boxer posted his plans online. Tyson Fury has revealed plans to fight in Dublin this summer. Just one week after Anthony Joshua made his comeback, Fury took to Instagram to post a story showing him back training in Thailand with the caption: “Let’s go August 1, Dublin, Ireland.” Dubliner Pierce […]
3 months ago
Orlando Bloom’s Irish boxer drama gets release date and tense first look
The movie also stars Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro and Kin’s Clare Dunne. The first trailer has hit the web for The Cut, a sports drama coming to cinemas in September in which Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean) plays an Irish boxer. Directed by Sean Ellis (the Cillian Murphy and Jamie […]
1 year ago