World champion Katie Taylor, Olympic bronze medalist Paddy Barnes, and European Union champion David Oliver Joyce have been named in two top Irish squads for international tournaments in Albania and Turkey next month.

Beijing Olympians John Joe Joyce and John Joe Nevin, also a European Union champion, will compete in the Ahmet Cup in Turkey.

Joyce replaces Philip Sutcliffe who is injured.

Katie Taylor, the AIBA 2008 female boxer of the year, will compete at the Ahmet Cup in Turkey, Katie from  Bray, won gold and the boxer of the tournament award at last years Women's Ahmet Cup finals in Istanbul.

Taylor was in action at the O2 last Saturday night where she created a huge impression in her four round win over of three times Pan American champion Caroline Barry.

Barnes, from the Holy Family club in Belfast, was in action on the Bernard Dunne/Ricardo Cordoba card, beating Jim Linden 11-1 at light flyweight.

Irish Squad:

 Ireland squad for Ahmet Cup Istanbul Turkey 14/20 April:
48Kg: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family)
54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Cavan)
57Kg: Carl Frampton (Midland)
60Kg: Eric Donovan (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Bray BC)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Clonmel)