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SAILING/Weekly Column:  Olympic selection is not an agenda item at tomorrow's Irish Sailing Association a.g.m. but as the row over the Star keelboat selection procedure for Athens intensifies it may be added to the topics for discussion. The a.g.m. features an "open forum" that is part of the day-long activities at the Riverbank House Hotel, Wexford.

The latest details to come to the surface in the trials affair is that the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) will carry out its own investigation headed by the president, Pat Hickey, following a request made to the OCI by Royal Cork's Mark Mansfield this week over an ISA Board decision to alter selection rules.