Sport Ireland CEO: 'We have no anti-doping jurisdiction over Irish schools' rugby'

NO JURISDICTION: Sport Ireland CEO Dr Una May, widely regarded as a world-leader in anti-doping, said they do not test in schools for two reasons. 

SPORT Ireland has clarified that it has no anti-doping jurisdiction over Irish schools’ rugby but has also stressed that its whistleblowing system has not received any intelligence or complaints to indicate that drugs exist within it. 

The possibility that performance enhancers are being used within schools’ rugby has been raised in the media recently but without any evidence and there is currently no way to detect it given that Sport Ireland does not test at this level.