IRELAND’S Chef de Mission, Siobhan Hoey has expressed concern over the venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

A SENIOR Irish Olympic official last night described the bobsleigh controversy which has overshadowed their preparations for the Vancouver Winter Games as ‘a nightmare’ which could cost thousands of euro in legal fees.

OLYMPIC Council of Ireland chiefs were last night hopeful that the national bobsleigh team will be allowed compete at the Winter Games in Vancouver.

The women’s bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin were among the athletes named today by the Olympic Council of Ireland to represent Ireland at next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver.