Ireland's boxing body months away from losing Olympic membership

Olympic Federation of Ireland chief Sarah Keane has been told to end the IABA’s membership of the movement if they remain wedded to the International Boxing Association (IBA).

Olympic Federation of Ireland chair Sarah Keane speaking at the Embassy of Ireland in Paris. Pic Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Ireland’s Paris 2024 heroes have earned their celebratory homecoming in Dublin on Monday, but the landscape isn’t all sweetness and light as the Irish Athletic Boxing Association’s (IABA) membership of the Olympic movement hangs by a thread.

Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) chair Sarah Keane has been told by the global Olympic committee to end the IABA’s membership of the movement in the coming months if they remain wedded to the International Boxing Association (IBA).