No “specific proposal” from Katie Taylor’s promoters has been received by the government in relation to a Croke Park swansong for the Bray boxer, says Minister of State for Sport, Charlie McConalogue.

Taylor, 39, has long declared her ambition to box at the stadium, with her promotional team, Matchroom Boxing, headed by chairperson Eddie Hearn, already in talks with GAA officials as to a possible staging of a fight late this year.

Croke Park chief executive Peter McKenna recently stated that the stadium “would be able to facilitate” Taylor’s swansong if it also won the race to stage Tyson Fury’s grudge match and Anthony Joshua.

However, the aforementioned bout is now being lined up for November at an indoor venue, with Dublin no longer seen as a viable option with Hearn revealing it was just one of several possibilities under consideration.

Matchroom Boxing are determined that Taylor gets to fight at GAA HQ and their representatives were in Dublin on Friday last for talks.

Minister McConalogue, while accepting that a Croke Park appearance for Katie would be “a really significant event at the end of her career”, also outlined that no formal talks have taken place between government officials and Matchroom Boxing on any likely funding of the proposed bout.

Speaking at the announcement of a record €28.5 million in funding has been confirmed for Sport Ireland’s High Performance Unit, McConalogue said: “From a government point of view we haven’t received any specific proposal around a Katie Taylor fight as of yet.

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“We have a very clear policy and approach around a major event strategy by which we benchmark any approach we would get in relation to supporting a major sporting event.”

“And if we get a proposal we would certainly consider it along the lines of that strategy.”

The Donegal TD went on to add that the use of public money in bringing the fight to Croke Park would have to be merited, saying: “From the point of view of whether public funds would be attached to that, first of all we would have to receive a proposal from her promoters, and secondly we would have to assess it in line with our national event strategy as to whether it merits the investment of public funds and taxpayers money.

“It is an issue for Katie and her management team to decide where she would fight. If they were to approach the government and make a proposal we would then consider any proposal in line with the strategy of whether public funds should be invested in sporting events.

“It is taxpayers money and we have to consider that is spent in a way that makes sense.”