Bernard Dunne gets backing of officials at Oireachtas hearing 

Chairman of the IABA Ciarán Kirwan, left, and CEO Fergal Carruth, right, arrive at the Dáil Éireann in Dublin to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Committee. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Irish boxing’s high performance director Bernard Dunne received firm backing from IABA and Sport Ireland officials at a joint Oireachtas committee hearing on Wednesday.

Dunne, who is currently on leave after overseeing last summer’s Olympic success in Tokyo, lodged a formal complaint to the IABA in September, alleging that he had been undermined by an anonymously-submitted SWOT analysis report pertaining to his time at the helm.