Ciaran Whelan has called on the GAA to keep players informed and up-to-date with regard to drug-testing procedures. The Dublin midfielder believes most inter-county players don't have a problem with being tested, but claims they are not always fully briefed on what medicines and substances are on the banned list. "There's a huge responsibility for the GAA to keep on top of it and to keep informing players," he said. "County panels change by 30 per cent every year with fellas coming in and fellas going out and they've got to keep on top of it and make sure that there's a process put in place so that fellas are well-informed as to what they can do and what they can't do." He said the main gripe players have over the Aidan O'Mahony case is that the player's name was made public. "I don't know why it can't be dealt with in-house until the whole process is finalised and then if it's positive the player is named," he added. "Fellas have to get up and go to work the following day, they have high-profile jobs and they can get labelled. They're not professionals at the end of the day, and if the whole process was dealt with in-house and if they were found to be guilty, then fine, they've cheated." Tweet

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