Athletics unity dominates despite absence from Congress agenda

ALTHOUGH efforts to get the issue on the agenda failed, athletics unity and the prospect of one licence for all of Ireland will be mentioned at the second annual Congress of Athletics Ireland this weekend in Donegal.

There is likely to be a meeting between representatives of AAI, the Ulster Athletics Council and the Northern Ireland Athletic Federation tomorrow morning, with AAI president Michael Heery, to make a statement to Congress afterwards.

There will be a huge interest in what the president has to say, as the decision not to allow the issue on to the Congress agenda disappointed members who see a licence for the whole of Ireland as an achievable objective under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.