Rowing Ireland has said it will “engage constructively” with a proposed independent review into athlete welfare and best practice governance.
It follows on from the governing body’s Oireachtas appearance on Wednesday.
The hearing was called after a series of Sunday Independent articles on athlete welfare within Rowing Ireland’s high performance unit in the lead-up to the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games.
Chief executive officer Michelle Carpenter was not in attendance for the hearing, with chairperson of the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Alan Kelly TD, outlining what he called “unprecedented” communication from representatives of Rowing Ireland before this week’s…