Kellie Harrington backs Bernard Dunne to continue as IABA high performance director

Harrington has thrown her full support behind Dunne following the circulation of an unsigned document earlier this year that was highly critical of Dunne’s performance in his role

GOLD STANDARD: While she has ‘no idea what’s going on’ at international level, Kellie Harrington says she ‘can’t imagine an Olympics without boxing’. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Kellie Harrington has thrown her full support behind Bernard Dunne to stay on as high performance director for the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) until the Paris Olympics, following the circulation of an unsigned document earlier this year that was highly critical of Dunne’s performance in the role.

The issue was discussed during a Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting earlier this month, where Sport Ireland CEO John Treacy and IABA chairman Ciarán Kirwan rubbished the document, which was circulated at board level prior to the Tokyo Olympics.