Ireland lead fight against drugs

IRELAND has set a lead for the rest of Europe if not the world in the fight against drugs in sport with the launch yesterday of a new initiative which will ensure that every doctor in the country will know every month what drugs are and are not banned.

The information, which will be provided in the MIMS (the doctors' bible) should ensure there are no grey areas when it comes to what people can or cannot take and if sportsmen and women who require medication go to their doctors they should have nothing to worry about.

That's according to the chairperson of the Irish Sports Council's anti-doping committee Dr Conor O'Brien, who admitted there was concern early in the year that mistakes could be made.