Treacy blasts Henihan’s OCI comments

SUGGESTIONS that the Olympic Council of Ireland should be handed more responsibility in the preparation of athletes for the Games have met with a negative response from Irish Sports Council chief executive John Treacy.

Dermot Henihan, chef de mission to the Irish team for next year’s Games in Beijing, said last week during a trip to the Chinese capital that the OCI should have more of an input in the four-year cycle.

Treacy responded to that idea yesterday by saying that the OCI has quite enough on it’s plate as things stand.