Olympian’s father hurt in boxing club shooting

The father of Olympic boxing gold medallist Katie Taylor has sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries in a shooting near Dublin.

Pete Taylor, 57, was at Bray Boxing Club in Co Wicklow, about to start a session with up to 20 people shortly before 7am on Tuesday, when the attack happened. A 30-yearold man was killed and another man, aged 35, was injured, Irish police said, in an attack which came “out of the blue”.

The club was where Taylor – Ireland’s Olympic, European and World champion – began her career. She went on to win gold at London 2012.

A gunman armed with what police believe was a handgun entered the gym. One man died at the scene, Garda Superintendent Pat Ward said, and two others were hospitalised.