Irish boxing coaching
Senator Brennan says the loss of highly successful coach Billy Walsh is damaging to Irish boxing and believes the IABA must explain why he left.
With Senator Paschal Mooney, I attended this morning's meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications which was addressed by Mr. Kieran Mulvey, chairman designate of Sport Ireland. Having listened to him, I believe the IABA has serious questions to answer. We had the best boxing coach in the world at our disposal. He has had great success not alone at home but also across the world. In the year before the Olympic Games it is a sad loss for the sport and the country. It was not an issue with remuneration. Apparently, all the man wanted was respect. He was not being respected by the IABA. It is a sad state of affairs. To lose a man of his calibre is the United States' gain and Ireland's loss to sport.