Katie Taylor has won an Olympic GOLD medal in the lightweight boxing final of London 2012.

It was a close fought contest at London’s ExCel Arena – the first round was tied at two points each, Russia’s Sofya Och-i-gava took the second 2 points to 1.

But the Bray native fought back to take the third round by 7 points to 5 -

Then ca the deciding fourth round which went 3 – 3 meaning Katie wins an historic gold medal by 10 points to 8.

She’s now done a lap of honour of the ring draped in the tricolour.

The annual rate of inflation fell for the fourth consecutive month in July.

According to new figures from the Central Statistics Office, it now stands at 1.6 percent – its lowest level since December 2010.

At least 78 people are reported to have been killed in the ongoing fighting between government forces and rebels in Syria.

Rebel fighters have been pushed back out of the Salaheddin district of Allepo as regime forces advance further into the city.

Fierce fighting has also been reported in Damascus.

4 people have been charged after 70 members of an Islamic sect have been discovered living for almost a decade in an underground bunker in Russia without heat or sunlight.

Officers raided the property on the outskirts of the city of Kazan and found at least 20 children – one as young as 18 months.

Prosecutors say the bunker was eight levels deep – and rooms were like cells.

The motor industry is calling for measures to stimulate consumer confidence.

It comes as new figures from the Central Statistics Office show an 11.3 per cent fall in the number of new cars licenced in the 12 months to July.

6,164 new cars were licenced last month.