Kelly backs disputes’ body

SEÁN KELLY has fully backed the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) and insisted yesterday it was the mechanisms of the entire appeal structure, rather than the DRA itself, that required review.

The new disciplinary body had a controversial first summer, with the Mark Vaughan Kilmacud-St Brigid's case in Dublin highlighting some glaring teething problems.

Central Council confirmed on Saturday that the Rules Book Task Force would review the DRA's general operations but Kelly was eager yesterday to stress that Council had also unanimously decided that any DRA decision was final and binding.