Minister will be direct and robust with IRFU over women's rugby issues

Minister Chambers was told at an Oireachtas meeting that the IRFU’s rejection of the “overall tenor” of a letter sent to him and Minister Catherine Martin by current and former players was not being taken seriously enough

Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht Jack Chambers during the opening ceremony of the Spar European Cross Country Championships Fingal-Dublin 2021 at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers was told at a joint committee hearing into equality in sport that his response to the IRFU in their fallout with Irish Rugby Women’s players “needs to be stronger”.

Chambers was also told at the Oireachtas meeting that the IRFU’s rejection of the “overall tenor” of a letter sent to him and Minister Catherine Martin by current and former players was not being taken seriously enough.