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Mick O’Brien, chair of the Cork County Boxing Board, defended the event. “The invitation was given, permission was given for the event to go ahead,” he said. “As far as I know, the permission was granted to the Cork Ex-Boxers Association and a date was given through the Taoiseach’s office and conveyed through Micheál Martin’s constituency office in Cork.”
Mr O’Brien said they were asked to provide the names of people attending the function, their contact numbers, their role within the association. He said on the day masks were available for everybody and social distancing was adhered to during the 45-minute event.