Kerry chairman won’t ‘add further fuel to the fire’

Kerry County Board chairman Tim Murphy declined to comment on the Brendan O’Sullivan anti- doping violation controversy at Kerry County Committee meeting last night, saying he did not want to “add further fuel to the fire”.

A number of delegates, including St Michaels/ Foilmore delegate William Goggin, questioned the handling of the affair but Mr Murphy refused to be drawn on the issue other than to reiterate what was posted in their statement on the Kerry GAA website on Sunday.

“It would be inappropriate for us to make any further comment while Sports Ireland is still completing the process on the matter,” said Murphy. “They are the body responsible for this, not us, and I don’t want to add further fuel to the fire by speculating on it any further. There are a number of background issues with this case that prevent us from making any further comment on it, matters which will become apparent when the process is fully concluded,” he said.