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Olympic gold medal winner Katie Taylor set to return to ring in February (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:54:19 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Olympic hero Katie Taylor will make her return to the ring when she headlines a fight night at Dublin’s Grand Canal Theatre in February.

Olympic gold winner Katie Taylor wins Irish Tatler Woman of the Year (IrishCentral)

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:02:35 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Ireland’s golden girl Katie Taylor was honored with the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year award this weekend in Dublin. Taylor became the pride of Ireland this summer when she brought home boxing gold during the Olympics.

The Irish Independent reports on the honor awarded to Taylor, as well as the other Irish women who were recognized at the annual event. The star-studded event was held at the Four Seasons hotel in Dublin.

Russian boxer Sofya Ochigava who lost to Katie Taylor at Olympics plotting her downfall (IrishCentral)

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:27:11 PDT

By: SEAN BROSNAN

Sofya Ochigava, the Russian boxer who lost to Katie Taylor in the 2012 Olympics finals, has declared publicly that she will beat Taylor at next year’s European Championships, which could be held in Dublin.

Irish Olympic hero Katie Taylor could have rematch with Russian Sofya Ochigava in Dublin (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:18:48 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Katie Taylor could be up against the Russian boxer Sofya Ochigava in Dublin if the Irish Amateur Boxing Association’s (IABA ) bid for the 2013 European Elite Women’s Championships is successful.

Champion boxer Katie Taylor says “there’s is nothing better than boxing for my country and bringing home medals” (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:42:45 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Katie Taylor has announced that she has turned down offers from the professional ranks and will remain boxing in the amateur code.

Katie Taylor to defend her boxing gold medal in 2016 Rio Olympics (IrishCentral)

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:37:13 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Ireland’s gold medalist Katie Taylor has decided to remain amateur and defend her title in Rio in 2016.

Tough choice for 2012 top Irish sporting highlights and heroes - the Ryder Cup, GAA finals, UEFA Cup and the Olympics (IrishCentral)

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:32:57 PDT

European Ryder Cup teamThere was a fascinating debate in the Irish Sun offices on Monday afternoon, at that time of the day when the hard work is threatening to arrive but hasn’t got there just yetAs the dust settled on Europe’s quite incredible Ryder Cup win, the Miracle at Medinah as it is now known, talk turned to the sporting year thus farOn Sunday alone we all watched in awe as Kilkenny made it nine All-Ireland wins for their talismanic playmaker Henry ShefflinThe Cats were barely on the road back to Gowran when the drama began to unfold in Chicago and Europe had started to claw back a seemingly unassailable American lead READ MORE

Liam Neeson tells Katie Taylor: "You have made me proud to be Irish" (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:35:31 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

Irish Olympic hero Katie Taylor got the shock of her life last weekend when Liam Neeson called her house to congratulate the Bray native on her gold medal win.

Ireland’s Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor talks turning professional with US and British reps (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:37:00 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Ireland’s golden girl Katie Taylor has some tough decisions facing her after her historic gold medal win at the London Olympics last week.

Ireland’s Olympic athletes greeted as national heroes in homecoming parade (IrishCentral)

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:09:06 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Ireland’s Olympians for 2012, including golden girl Katie Taylor, were welcomed home like heroes on Dawson Street in Dublin on Wednesday. In a ceremony to welcome home and congratulate Ireland’s 66 athletes, 31 were on hand to witness the crowd of 5,000 in Ireland’s capital.

Today's Irish news roundup (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:40:54 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Here's our top read stories in Irish news today:

The great Olympian Katie Taylor makes us all proud (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:01:34 PDT

Katie Taylor examines her Olympic gold medal on her way home to BrayIt seems entirely appropriate now that a new Irish legend was born as another one took his last bow, just a few short miles from her Wicklow homeCon Houlihan was buried just an hour or so before Katie Taylor won her Olympic boxing semifinal last Wednesday His ashes were already on their way home to Kerry when Katie struck gold 24 hours later And I know he’d have approved READ MORE

Rory McIlroy big fan of Ireland’s golden girl Katie Taylor but no Olympic decision yet (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:29:42 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Rory McIlroy has revealed how Ireland’s golden girl Katie Taylor inspired him to Major glory at Kiawah Island on Sunday.

Gold medal for Katie Taylor cost Irish taxpayer close to $400,000 (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:31:34 PDT

Katie Taylor captured Ireland's only gold medalat the London Olympics{Photo thanks to Reuters}Did you see Monday's pictures from Bray, Co Wicklow? Tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate Katie Taylor's Olympic gold in boxing There were similar scenes in other Irish hometowns of the country's successful OlympiansIreland's national television station, RTE, provided quite a bit of coverage of these events and undoubtedly will provide even more from today's national "homecoming" event in Dublin READ MORE

Irish Olympic team hold their medals high as they arrive home at Dublin airport (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:30:11 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The Irish Olympic team arrived home on Monday after their most successful games since 1956.

Katie Taylor overcome by emotional return in her hometown of Bray (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:17:44 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Katie Taylor was afforded a welcome befitting an Olympic hero on her return to Bray – and told the people she grew up with her gold medal was theirs to enjoy.

Today's Irish news roundup (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:42:24 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Here's IrishCentral's top read stories in Irish news today:

A sort of Olympic homecoming announced for Dublin on Wednesday (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:35:06 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Dublin City Council will host a civic reception for Ireland’s Olympic heroes – after a gold medal row.

Ireland’s Olympic golden girl Katie Taylor says the whole journey was worth it (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:35:17 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

On Sunday, just three days after Katie Taylor won Ireland’s first gold medal in over a decade, the Olympic champion boxer sat down exclusively with the Irish Mail to discuss her journey to the top of the Olympic podium.

Sparring with men helped Katie Taylor win gold, says fellow Olympian (IrishCentral)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:13:20 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

A sparring partner of Katie Taylor has said part of her success is down to boxing with men, as there are few women who can match the Olympian’s strength.