Dr. Una May:

There is a saying that no news is good news. Sometimes we do not want to hear bad news but, at the same time, it does raise the profile of women's sport. It is not the right kind of profile we would like to see and we are concerned about the level of profile that a negative issue such as this attracts. However, we are doing a lot and we have achieved a great deal in raising the profile of regular women who are participating in sport and physical activity. We are also conscious that we need to focus on what teenage girls are asking for, that is, role models from their own peer group. We will continue to put effort and energy into initiatives that are identified as appropriate and successful in targeting young teenage girls from that point of view. This is a high profile and negative issue but it is raising the profile of women in sport, that is for sure.