History
Swim Ireland was founded in 1998 to replace the Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA). IASA was dissolved following revelations that a number of its senior members had sexually abused a number of swimmers, who were entitled to no compensation due to the dissolution of IASA. In February 2008 it was announced that following a 10 year legal 13 victims of a former coach received six figure compensation settlements from a Dublin school (who were the only party remaining to provide compensation) where that coach had been employed.
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