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PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar are among those who have congratulated Katie Taylor on her first professional boxing world title.
After an unprecedentedly successful amateur career, Taylor joined the professional ranks less than a year ago and has already become a world champion.
The Bray native defeated Anahi Sanchez at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last night after being granted a unanimous decision victory by the bout’s judges.
The victory made Taylor the WBA world lightweight champion.
Taylor fresh success has prompted Ireland’s top politicians to pay tribute to her achievements with President Higgins speaking about her in Auckland, New Zealand.
He said:
“May I offer my sincere congratulations to Katie Taylor on her first world title in professional boxing.”
This success, which follows her five world amateur titles and her Olympic gold medal, is a testament to Katie’s talent, power and skills as well as an outstanding determination and dedication to her profession.
“On behalf of the people of Ireland I send her my congratulations on winning this world title.”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar also paid tribute to Taylor, calling her “an Irish sporting legend”.
‘This is an incredible achievement for Katie. We are all aware of her amateur exploits in winning five world titles and Olympic gold. Now she has proven her undoubted class in her transition to the professional ranks and, in a very short period of time, becoming a world champion once again,” he said.
“It is a great day for Katie and the country. She has cemented her status as an Irish sporting legend and as one of our greatest ever sporting ambassadors. Well done again Katie.”
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So we just roll over and accept generations of debt ?
Best to just take the pain now and get it over with.. quiet inevitable sadly.
A unilateral default = slashing public sector wages and social welfare by a third overnight. There’d be riots on the streets with the likes of Eirigi taking their opportunity as the ‘blue flue’ strikes the Gardai.
I kind of understand why no sensible politician is so quick to jump for that option.
think Ireland should still back out of undeerwriting the banks – yes this would set of another bust , but we are so bust now and for years to come overall it won’t make that much difference. Write off the banks and start again, with a new bank that the citizens can trust, is run transparently and with new employment contracts, no bonuses, limited higher limit earnings etc. – You know like any other job !
Great idea of course but it’ll never happen.. The political leadership ofthis country are so frightened of l appearing to rock the European boat that they’ll do exactly what they are told like good little paddys..as for noonan saying senior bondholders are to receive a haircut this is either an attempt to bluff an interest rate cut from the troika or cynical attempt to garner some positive publicity for the hundred day milestone fg set for themselves..now they wouldn’t do that would they??
The power of money is imense and if the citizens remove thier own personal money – I know businesses can’t do this, but ordinary citizens can take thier money out of the accounts, this would make the government listen to its people – a run on the banks would be benefitical to citizens in closing these still banks and ensuring a new banking systems starts. The solution is not always in the sole hands of the government.
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