Kellie Harrington, Amy Broadhurst, Tina Desmond, Caitlin Fryers and Aoife O'Rourke will box for gold at the European Women's Boxing Championships in Montenegro after recording authoritative victories in their semi-final bouts on Friday.
Harrington faced Donjeta Sadiku of Kosevo in the lightweight division, with a pedestrian opening round hallmarked by feinting one that won't live long in the memory.
However, the Olympic champion increased the tempo in the second stanza as she breached Sadiku's defence and combined with a number of potent combinations.
Chasing the fight, Sadiku came out in swinging in the third, landing a meaty right hook in the early exchanges.
That spurred an impressive response from Harrington, who controlled the remainder of the round and closed out victory on a unanimous decision.
Croatia's Sara Beram started gamely in her light-welterweight contest against Broadhurst, but the Irish fighter picked off all the best shots in a disciplined showing.
She got the verdict on all five of the judges' scorecards and will now box for gold.
Broadhurst has had a fantastic year. Having won gold medals at the at the World Championships in Istanbul and the Commonwealth Games, the 25-year-old from Louth is seeking what would be a memorable hat-trick.
Desmond, who bagged a bronze at the event in 2016, ensured she went a stage further with a similarly dominant success.
Melissa Gemini was no match for Desmond in their light middleweight bout, with the Cork pugilist winning all three rounds on the five judges' scorecards in a unanimous verdict.
Gemini, who never looked comfortable dealing with Desmond's southpaw stance, struggled to land any meaningful blows as her opponent adroitly deployed her reach advantage to keep the Italian out of range.
"I only got an opportunity to come on this team six weeks ago," she told RTÉ Sport afterwards. "I'm a garda in Dungarvan and I was doing a night shift when I got a call asking me would I be interested in coming on the team – and was I fit?
"I don't know whether I was fit or not, but I was coming.
"I've been training ever since and to get to a final is absolutely amazing. It's my first European final. I have a few European and World medals but this is unbelievable."
Fryers and Anakhanim Ismayilov began their semi in the light-flyweight division in tentative fashion, but the Belfast boxer upped the tempo in the second round as her Azeri opponent took a number of punishing shots.
The 22-year-old from Belfast, who boasts a decorated record at underage level, sustained the pressure in the third to close out a unanimous decision victory as she progressed to a showdown with world champion Buse Naz Cakıroglu of Turkey.
Middleweight O'Rourke got the verdict by unanimous decision against her Swedish opponent Love Holgersson. The latter narrowly edged the opening round but O'Rourke hit her stride thereafter to remain on track for back-to-back European gold medals.
Each of the finals take place on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Michaela Walsh and Shannon Sweeney will take home bronze medals after they lost their semis.
For featherweight Walsh, it was a rematch with Italian Irma Testa, who ended her Tokyo Games dreams at the last-16 stage in July 2021.
Testa got a unanimous verdict that day but this was a much closer affair as Walsh dealt with her opponent's long reach and rangy style effectively.
In the end, a tight contest went Testa's way on a split decision, an agonising disappointment for the Belfast 29-year-old who performed admirably.
Sweeney was beaten by Bulgaria's Sevda Asenova in the semi-final of the minimumweight 48kg class.
The Mayo fighter, who enjoyed a second-round stoppage win in the quarters, landed some clean blows but a cagey, tactical fight went the way of her slick rival.
