Ms Mary O'Connor:

The challenge is getting women to come up through sports from grassroots. That takes confidence and time. The board recruitment database Dr. May referred to is full of females with different expertise. Recently we approached Sport Ireland with a project around board-readiness training aimed at females. We hope to roll that out shortly so women going on boards will have training and education on what to expect and how to interact as a board director.

The research conducted by Sport Ireland showed that. We look forward to rolling out the training and receiving feedback. We also look forward to rolling out the scheme to different national governing bodies.