Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With Senator Mooney I attended this morning's meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications which was addressed by Mr. Kieran Mulvey, the chairman designate of Sport Ireland. Having listened to him I believe the IABA has serious questions to answer. We had the best boxing coach in the world at our disposal. He has had great success not alone at home but across the world. In the year before the Olympic Games it is a sad loss for the sport and for the country. It was not an issue with remuneration. Apparently all the man wanted was respect. He was not being respected by the IABA. It is a sad state of affairs. To lose a man of his calibre is the United States' gain and Ireland's loss to sport.