Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank both sides for their presentations. There have been claim and counter-claim over the past couple of weeks. Our only interest is in finding a path forward for the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, IABA, and the professionals involved.

Mr. Christle set out towards a resolution in the meetings on 11 and 14 September. Mr. Walsh said in his statement, issued last week, that on 14 September there was a meeting at the Irish Management Institute, IMI, where a framework for an agreement was discussed and agreed in principle:

The proposed new IABA fixed-term contract arrived three days after the IMI meeting.. I was shocked at the tone and content of the new fixed-term contract in that it consistently undermined my role and my authority at every turn... I was given absolutely no autonomy in the new contract and this was clearly aimed to undermine my position and would have made my job extremely difficult to do if not impossible to do... I firmly believe that they had no intention or desire to engage me into the future... I believe they did not want me to stay. I was left with no alternative but to resign

How would Mr. Christle characterise the relationship between Mr. Carruth and Mr. Walsh?