Sport Ireland will lobby to have loophole closed

Sport Ireland Chief Executive John Treacy says the body will lobby WADA to close the appeal loophole that allowed Brendan O’Sullivan, the Kerry GAA footballer who failed an anti-doping test last year, to play for seven months in the middle of his ban.

O’Sullivan was banned for 21 weeks in May 2016, following a positive test for the stimulant methylhexaneamine (MHA), which is found in supplements.

He was provisionally suspended at the discretion of Sport Ireland, on May 13, but returned to the field 11 weeks later following an appeal.