'Enough flags raised': Committee raises questions over how rowing welfare concerns were handled

Patrick O’Donovan (pictured) among others has proposed an independent review of the safeguarding process, procedures and timelines relating to the rowing issue. Pic: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho

Ireland’s ability to provide fit-for-purpose welfare safeguards for its top athletes has been called into serious question at an Oireachtas committee meeting held on Wednesday in Kildare Street.

Administrators from Rowing Ireland (RI), Sport Ireland (SI) and the Federation of Irish Sport were on hand in government buildings to appear before the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport.