Mick Dowling

Michael "Mick" Dowling (born 17 December 1946) is an Irish former Olympic boxer and current boxing commentator and analyst. He hails from Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.

Boxing career

Mick Dowling’s competitive record is outstanding. He boxed 50 times in the green vest of Ireland including the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games in Mexico City and Munich respectively. He boxed in the Bantamweight (54 kg) division. In the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Dowling found himself within touching distance of at least bronze only to be edged out on a split decision by Orlando Martínez in the quarter-finals. Martínez went on to win the Olympic Gold medal. Dowling is also the proud owner of 2 European Bronze Medals (from 1969 and 1971) and still holds the record for 8 consecutive National Elite titles in the same weight division. He has 9 National titles in total from the Irish Amateur Boxing Association.

Coaching

Mick Dowling is now one of Ireland’s most respected boxing coaches having served as a member of the National Coaching Committee for 10 years. His knowledge of the sport is second to none. He is currently senior coach of the Mount Tallant Boxing Club and Institute of Technology, Tallaght's Boxing Squad. Mick has also trained the Leinster Rugby squad in the art of Boxing Conditioning.

Mick

Mick is a derogatory term for a person of Irish descent. It may also refer to:

MICK (DJ), American DJ, also known as Mick Boogie or Mick Batyske

Mickey Mantle or the Mick

Michael or Mick, a masculine give name

Mick (screenplay), a screenplay by Eoghan Harris

People with the name

Mick Aston, archaeologist on the Time Team series

Mick Fanning, Australian professional surfer

Mick Foley, professional wrestler, actor, and author

Mick Fleetwood, drummer and founding member of Fleetwood Mac

Mick Jagger, lead singer and songwriter for the Rolling Stones

Mick James, a character in book/film School 101

Mick Mercer, British journalist

Mick Peck, New Zealand magician

Mick Potter, Australian Rugby League Coach

Mick Taylor, guitarist for the Rolling Stones

Mick Belker, a character on Hill Street Blues

Mick Garvey, a character on Benidorm

Mick Kelly, a character in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Mick Mars, guitarist for Motley Crue

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto III is an open world action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 22 October 2001 for the PlayStation 2 console, on 20 May 2002 for Microsoft Windows, and on 31 October 2003 for the Xbox console. It is the fifth title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 1999's Grand Theft Auto 2.

Grand Theft Auto III is played from a third-person perspective in an open world single-player environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at their leisure. The game is set within the fictional city of Liberty City, which is loosely based on New York City. The story features a mute, nameless protagonist, although he is later referred to as Claude in his cameo in the prequel Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Claude is a bank robber who is left for dead by his girlfriend, and quickly becomes entangled in a world of gangs, crime, and corruption.

Upon its release, the game was acclaimed by many reviewers who praised its concept and gameplay, which was coupled with the use of a 3D game engine for the first time in the series. However, the game's violent and sexual content has been the source of much public concern and controversy. It became the best-selling video game of 2001, and has sold over 17 million copies as of 2011. The game is cited as a landmark in video games for its far-reaching influence within the industry. The success of Grand Theft Auto III was a significant factor in the series' subsequent popularity; as of 2008, five prequels set before the events of Grand Theft Auto III have been released, particularly Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories which revisits the Liberty City setting just three years prior.

Mick (screenplay)

Mick was a screenplay written by author, political activist, historian and producer Eoghan Harris in the early 1990s. It was intended to tell the story of Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. Harris verbally clashed with Neil Jordan, who was planning to produce his own film on the Irish leader, over the emphasis each placed on aspects of Collins's life. One area where they diverged was over longstanding rumours that Collins had been bisexual. Whereas Harris's script planned to state the rumour as fact, Jordan attributed Collins's constant physical touching of the men around him as macho heterosexual horseplay. Harris accused Jordan of sanitising Collins's sexual orientation so as not to offend Catholic Irish America, which had already been scandalised by claims that Padraig Pearse was gay.

Ultimately it was Jordan's film, using Jordan's script and Jordan's version of Collins's life, that was made, as Michael Collins, using Liam Neeson as Collins and, in what was subsequently criticised as a casting mistake, Julia Roberts as Collins's real life fianceé, Kitty Kiernan. Harris openly criticised the film, its contents, its casting and its divergences from the truth (which Jordan admitted, but said they were necessary for narrative purposes) in reviews and on television chat shows like the Late Late Show.