GAA team doctors’ bags will not be searched for drugs

THE IRISH Sports Council has ruled out searching the bags of GAA team doctors, with the director of the ISC’s anti-doping programme, Dr Una May, insisting last night that there was “no question” of that happening.

Dr May said she was keen to clear up the impression given at a conference last week that doctors' bags would be searched at GAA games by the ISC.

"There's no question of that and no medical officer has been told not to carry medication in their bag. On the day of the conference I explained that we adopted the Irish code on doping from the WADA code.