Imagine how good weād be with a bit of funding.
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If Darren OāNeill could grow his hair into an endearingly unkempt mess heād look a lot like Mick Dowling. I like the idea of a Kilkenny man getting Dowlingās seat as senior analyst.
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Kellies dancing summed her up. Pure down to earth joy. An absolute legend 
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The fact the 4 gold medals come across of broad church of sports is the impressive thing for me. Boxing, gymnastics, rowing and swimming.
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Why are the lads going on as if boxing will be at the next games?
Fucking class Bernard Dunne, boola boss 
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If thereās a lick of sense within anybody in the IOC it will be. Boxing is a CORE Olympic sport.
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More like a confessional box of sports considering their minority
Medals begets funding begets medals surely. Sports Ireland can go back to the money men and make a very strong case off the back of this.
A couple of sports: boxing, rowing and to a lesser extent swimming, sailing, athletics are now bringing through regular medal chances
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Is it not definitely gone?
Itās not
No.
He was a very good hurler in his days until boxing got serious. Gave me a few runarounds (does not say much granted).
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Your man Darren O Neill is very very rare surely. A middle Ireland, gaa type boxer. Think heās a teacher.
The Coronas in OāSullivans bar on Thursday is going to be off the scale
Nothing is definite. Itās four years away. Thereās a proposed breakaway world governing body the IOC are planning to recognise and the Brits and the Americans are rowing in behind this. The IOC say they wonāt organise boxing again like they have done this time. But if it comes down to it theyāll have to. Surely.
The problem is that all this uncertainty messes around the boxersā lives.
Boxing is a great sport that has been the victim of bastards at administrative level more than any other sport I can think of.
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Eamon would know
https://twitter.com/eamonnflanagan/status/1820947331509850198?s=46&t=YOfhVM10W0bcyIiYSLI3Wg
The John Treacy medal in 1984 was the first on the track (well the last 300 metres of the 26.2) since Ronnie Delaney in 1956. Only Sonia in 2000 has won one in a running event since 1984. Hopefully Rashidat Adeleke can add to the tally on Friday.
All Olympic Gold medals or any medal is noteworthy but they are hardest won on the track.
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Course you would
When you see a country like India on the medals table with only 3 bronze and only 12 countries below them, Jesus we do punch way above our weight.