John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

The IRFU has requested that the issue should go to negotiation or arbitration — and negotiations have taken place. My understanding is that the deadline for negotiations was Tuesday, 28 November. I am not up to date on precisely what has happened. If the final offer cannot be accepted, then it seems the best way is arbitration. However, arbitration is something that must be accepted by both sides to the dispute. I sincerely hope arbitration will take place if negotiations do not resolve the issue.

It is also regrettable that Wanderers has chosen to put this matter into the public domain. That was never my wish nor that of the IRFU.

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