Aidan O’Mahony: The battle to clear my name following 'positive' drugs test

In an extract from his book Unbroken, former All-Ireland-winning Kerry footballer — and asthmatic — Aidan O’Mahony recalls the battle to clear his name following a positive drugs test in 2008

furore in the aftermath of his positive drugs test was a ‘draining’ experience.Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

On 17 November the GAA released a statement saying that an unnamed player had supplied a positive drugs test.

Players can be tested at training and after games when a urine sample is taken by someone from the GAA or WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency.