Mr. Miche?l ? Conaire:

In that incidence, they entered into a mediation process. The sports disputes resolution body, Sport Dispute Solutions Ireland, works through various organisations and the Federation of Irish Sport, and that process was used in that case. There was a mediation process between the family concerned and the particular person involved. That route is available to bodies when they have exhausted the options in their own organisations. First and foremost, if there is a difficulty within an NGB, you do it at your club level, you take it to the next level up whether that is county board, or provincial, or to the national governing body itself, and if that fails, there is this sports dispute resolution option. As I said, if the particular case involves something that is within the legal sphere, that is a matter for An Garda Síochána. If there was assault, etc., or if you wanted to go down that route, that option is available.