Rowing Ireland CEO fails to attend Oireachtas meeting

Sport Ireland criticised for slow intervention in conflict between athletes and Rowing Ireland

Oireachtas Committee told Rowing Ireland funding was withheld just before 2024 Olympics over welfare concerns

'Unprecedented': Rowing Ireland CEO absent for hearing into athlete welfare allegations

Officials from Sport Ireland and Rowing Ireland appeared before politicians today following allegations of athlete welfare within rowing’s high performance programme.

From no-shows to unsolicited phone calls – the key moments from Rowing Ireland’s Oireachtas Committee appearance

The chief executive of Rowing Ireland did not attend an Oireachtas committee hearing into the safeguarding of high-performance athletes at the organisation in what was described as an “extraordinary meeting before it ever started”.

Rowing Ireland CEO fails to attend Oireachtas meeting

The chairperson of the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Alan Kelly TD, has outlined what he called "unprecedented" communication from representatives of Rowing Ireland before an Oireachtas hearing today.

‘Unprecedented': Rowing Ireland CEO absent for hearing into athlete welfare allegations

Officials from Sport Ireland and Rowing Ireland appeared before politicians today following allegations of athlete welfare within rowing’s high performance programme.

Ministers Reaction is Swift to Fiery Oireachtas Committee Hearing

Oireachtas Committee Meetings have been a regular feature of sport in recent years, occasionally to pay tribute to well-executed work, more often to probe governance issues that need to be resolved. Today’s was the latter, ostensibly to discuss welfare issues at Rowing Ireland, but quickly spiralling into a wider review of the role which Sport […]