Dáil sports chair urges calm in Billy Walsh dispute

The chairman of the Oireachtas Sports Committee has appealed for calm in the increasingly bitter dispute over the resignation of Olympic boxing coach Billy Walsh.

Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony will chair a meeting of the committee on Wednesday which has cleared its agenda to deal with the issue.

Both the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) and Sport Ireland, which have been trading criticisms and contradictions over the fiasco, have accepted invitations to attend.