Heery hopeful gear row will soon be consigned to history

THE infamous gear row which raged throughout two Olympic Games and kept Irish athletes out of the last European Youth Olympics could be resolved over the coming months.

On Monday night, representatives of the Athletic Association of Ireland (AAI) met with members of the executive of the Olympic Council of Ireland at the OCI headquarters. Following that meeting, the president of the AAI, Michael Heery, admitted he was hopeful a resolution will be found over the next number of months.

The AAI were represented at Monday night's meeting by Heery, the international secretary Liam Hennessy and the competition secretary Paddy Marley.