From no-shows to unsolicited phone calls – the key moments from Rowing Ireland’s Oireachtas Committee appearanceThe hearing took place following revelations in the Sunday Independent of a toxic high performance culture in Rowing Ireland across two Olympic cycles, Tokyo 2021 and Paris 2024From no-shows to unsolicited phone calls, the key moments from Rowing Ireland’s Oireachtas Committee appearanceMaeve McTaggart Yesterday at 18:49The chief executive of Rowing Ireland did not attend an Oireachtas committee hearing into the safeguarding of high-performance athletes at the organisation in what was described as an “extraordinary meeting before it ever started”.

Source: Irish Independent January 28, 2026 20:36 UTC