IRELAND has selected a ten-strong team for the European Men’s boxing championships scheduled for Armenia later this month.

The team includes European U-22 gold medallist Jack Marley, silver medallist Adam Hession and bronze medallist, Dylan Eagleson.

Brandon McCarthy, who won a gold medal at the recent Golden Belt-Nicolae Linca tournament in Romania, is also selected together with Rickey Nesbitt and Gabriel Dossen, both bronze medallists at the same event.

However, Tokyo Olympic medallist Aidan Walsh is a notable absentee. After being injured at the Tokyo Olympics he returned to the ring in Romania and reached the final but had to withdraw from the gold medal fight.

The tournament, being hosted by the Armenia Boxing Federation, takes place in Yerevan from May 21 to 31. 

Meanwhile, the Irish women’s team are fine tuning their preparations for the World championship which begin in Istanbul on Friday.

Olympic champion Kellie Harrington has been ruled out after sustaining an injury during a training camp in Italy last week.

The men’s team for the European Championships is: 48kg Ricky Nesbitt, Holy Family, Drogheda; 51kg Sean Mari, Monkstown BC, Dublin; 54kg Dylan Eagleson, St. Paul’s, Belfast; 57kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway; 60kg JP Hale, Star ABC, Belfast. 63.5kg Brandon McCarthy, St. Michael’s, Athy; 67kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Family, Drogheda; 71kg Luke Maguire, Esker BC, Dublin; 75kg Gabriel Dossen, Olympic, Galway. 92kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin

The women’s team for the World championships is: 48kg Shannon Sweeney, St.Anne’s, Mayo; 50kg Caitlin Fryers, Immaculata BC, Belfast 54kg Niamh Fay, Phoenix of Ballyboughal, Dublin; 57kg Michaela Walsh, Emerald BC, Belfast; 63hg Amy Broadhurst, St Bronagh’s ABC, Rosstrevor; 66kg Kaci Rock, Enniskerry BC, Wicklow; 70kg Lisa O’Rourke, Olympic BC, Galway; 75kg Aoife O’Rourke, Olympic BC, Galway.