AAI to look for All Ireland licence

THE Athletics Association of Ireland will have the opportunity to take a major step towards obtaining an athletics licence for the whole island of Ireland at their annual congress in Donegal next month.

If a Donegal motion succeeds then the quest for the licence may be pursued under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement and all the indications at the moment would suggest a healthy volume of support for it.

Donegal delegates will propose that congress makes an immediate application to the IAAF, the world governing body, for one International Athletic Licence for the island of

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