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Jon Mackey: 'Our aspiration is always going to be to build on the legacies of days gone by'

Irish boxing has 'ambition and potential to do better'

Jon Mackey is aiming to build on past legacies in Irish Boxing as he looks to steer the sport through the next Olympic cycle after some turbulent years within the IABA.

Boxing • 17 May

Antia has been an influential figure in Irish boxing for 21 years

Dunne: IABA must start succession plan after Antia

Bernard Dunne has called on the Irish Amateur Boxing Association to start their coaching succession-plan for the future after Zaur Antia.

Paris 2024 • 07 Aug 24

Bernard Dunne has settled a dispute with the IABA

IABA settle employment dispute with Bernard Dunne

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association has settled an employment rights dispute with its former high-performance director Bernard Dunne.

Boxing • 13 Sep 23

Bernard Dunne is currently working with the Boxing Federation of India ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games

Dunne in 'negotiations' with IABA over dispute

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association is in "negotiations" with its former high-performance director Bernard Dunne over an employment rights claim he has lodged at the Workplace Relations Commission, the tribunal has been told.

Boxing • 30 May 23

Bernard Dunne has joined the Boxing Federation of India

Bernard Dunne takes up role in Indian boxing

Bernard Dunne has been named as the new high performance director at the Boxing Federation of India, six months after resigning from a similar role with the Irish Athletic Boxing Association.

Bernard Dunne • 17 Oct 22

The resignation of high-performance director Bernard Dunne in May of this year brought to a head months of controversy within Irish amateur boxing

IABA members vote against plans to reform boxing body

Members of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association have overwhelmingly voted against a proposal to reform the governance of the organisation at an emergency general meeting in Co Roscommon.

Boxing • 10 Jul 22

O'Neill fears boxing 'downfall' ahead of IABA vote

Irish Olympian Darren O'Neill has warned there could be a "downfall" in boxing if the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) does not accept recommended reforms at an extraordinary AGM this Sunday.

Boxing • 07 Jul 22

Billy Walsh: 'It's time the sport moved into the 21st century and stopped losing performance directors and people that are doing great jobs'

Walsh: Clearout required or boxing will be left behind

Unless there is radical reform and a clearout of the current IABA board, boxing in Ireland will fall behind and consistent Olympic success will become a thing of the past, according to former high performance director Billy Walsh.

Boxing • 17 May 22

Government tells IABA to reform or face huge sanctions

Minister for Sport Jack Chambers has set a timeline for the IABA to adopt recommended guidelines for reform or face "immediate and severe financial sanctions" which would threaten the future of the organisation.

Boxing • 17 May 22

Billy Walsh: 'Nobody has stood up and supported me or supported Bernard.'

'It's a disgrace' - Billy Walsh backs Dunne in fallout

Former IABA high performance director Billy Walsh has urged Sport Ireland and the government to "make people accountable for their actions" in the wake of Bernard Dunne's acrimonious departure from the boxing association.

Boxing • 10 May 22

Ireland won four Olympic medals and seven Paralympic medals in 2021

Rowing tops Sport Ireland funding as IABA under review

Sport Ireland has today announced a multi-year funding package of €14.2m for Irish athletes in the run-up to the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, with Rowing Ireland surpassing Athletics Ireland as the main beneficiary.

other sport • 05 May 22

Bernard Dunne took up the role as high performance director in 2017

Updated IABA and Harrington hope Dunne will change his mind

Bernard Dunne has left his role as the Irish Athletic Boxing Association's (IABA) high performance director but the organisation says it hopes he will reverse his resignation.

Boxing • 04 May 22

Brennan got the better of his Swedish opponent to earn his Olympic ticket

Brennan hails 'special' boxing team heading to Tokyo

After becoming the seventh Irish boxer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, Emmet Brennan highlighted the positive environment within the camp.

Boxing • 22 Jun 21

Dean Gardiner has stepped away from boxing for personal reasons

Olympics door remains open for Dean Gardiner

Bernard Dunne has not given up hope of Dean Gardiner returning to boxing and the IABA's high performance director can empathise with the super heavyweight's decision to step away from the sport.

Boxing • 05 Feb 21

High-performance Director of IABA Bernard Dunne

Dunne urges focus on boxing's positives amid MTK furore

Bernard Dunne says more needs to be done to highlight the work that goes on at grassroots level in boxing as the sport came under increased scrutiny in the wake of a BBC Panorama documentary programme on Daniel Kinahan and MTK, the management company he co-founded.

Boxing • 04 Feb 21

The abandoned qualifiers were initially open to the public before being forced to take place behind closed doors

Irish boxers not tested after Copper Box qualifiers

Three members of Turkish team tested positive for coronavirus after the abandoned Olympic qualifiers in London but no Irish boxers displayed symptoms after the event and were therefore not tested.

Boxing • 26 Mar 20

Irish Athletic Boxing Association high-performance director Bernard Dunne

Dunne ready for 'round two' against USA

Bernard Dunne wants Ireland to build on Monday's performances in the second leg of their three-match series with the USA tonight.

Boxing • 15 Mar 18

Kevin McManamon has five won All-Ireland titles

'Last year it hit me I might not play any games at all'

With the new GAA season underway, Dublin football star Kevin McManamon looks ahead to the challenges that 2018 will bring.

GAA • 04 Jan 18

You don't get baggy jerseys like that anymore

The 2000s/10s: A Grand Slam, World Cup and Olympic Gold

We're reaching the end of the selection process for The Greatest moments in Irish sport as we focus on the 2000s and 2010s. Ireland made great strides in rugby, cricket and soccer while there was individual glory in boxing and golf.

Other sport • 28 Nov 17

"Bernard Dunne is champion of the world" - Jimmy Magee

Relive Jimmy Magee's unforgettable commentary from the night when Bernard Dunne beat Ricardo Cordoba to capture the WBA World Super Bantamweight title in Dublin.

Boxing • 21 Sep 17

Gardiner wins box-off for Euro spot as IABA row goes on

The dispute over selection for Ireland's boxing team for the European Championships was resolved on Wednesday evening, but the saga over the power structure within the Irish Athletic Boxing Association looks set to continue.

Boxing • 31 May 17

John Treacy is ready to impose funding cuts on the IABA if changes are not made within the association

Treacy sets deadline for IABA and warns about funding

Sport Ireland CEO John Treacy has warned that the Irish Athletic Boxing Association's funding is at risk in a row over governance and control at the association as he imposed a one month deadline on them to make changes.

Boxing • 01 Jun 17

Sport Ireland's John Treacy claims that the IABA are in crisis

Talks continue as Irish boxing crisis rumbles on

Talks are taking place today in an attempt to resolve the ongoing row that threatens to further destabilise Irish boxing.

Boxing • 31 May 17

New high performance director Bernard Dunne

IABA President no show adds to boxing selection row

A meeting to resolve the ongoing row in Irish boxing ended abruptly this evening after the President of the IABA Pat Ryan failed to turn up and did not contact Sport Ireland or the Department of Sport. .

Boxing • 30 May 17

Bernard Dunne has hit the ground running in his new role with the IABA

O'Neill impressed with Dunne's immediate impact

Bernard Dunne's demanding approach has already had a positive impact on Irish amateur boxing, barely a month after his appointment as High Performance Director, according to Irish Olympian Darren O'Neill.

Boxing • 24 May 17