West Cork and Galway county executives call for IFA resignations
A meeting of the west Cork county executive of the IFA on Tuesday night called on the organisation's executive board to resign while Galway members asked anyone aware of earlier warnings to step down.
West Cork IFA chairman Richard Connell (left) and IFA deputy president Tim O'Leary arrive at this Wednesday's executive council. Photo: Jack Caffrey
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Following a unanimous decision from the floor at the meeting, west Cork IFA chair Richard Connell will take the motion to this Wednesday’s executive council meeting in Dublin asking for the executive board to resign and an election to be held as soon as possible.
Since the resignation of general secretary Pat Smith, the remaining executive board members are president Eddie Downey (who has stepped back from his role), deputy president Tim O’Leary, treasurer Jer Bergin and regional chairs James McCarthy (Munster), James Murphy (south Leinster), Bert Stewart (Ulster/north Leinster) and Tom Turley (Connacht).
The position of west Cork members is that current board members are entitled to run, but a new mandate is required for the good of the organisation.
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The mood at the meeting was centred on damage limitation, with a sense that renewing the leadership could help reduce the number of members leaving the IFA in the area.
Galway meeting
Meanwhile, reports from a meeting of the Galway county executive in Athenry on Tuesday night indicate that it adopted a motion calling on all IFA officers who had received former audit committee chairman Con Lucey's resignation letters in August 2014 to resign.
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A meeting of the west Cork county executive of the IFA on Tuesday night called on the organisation's executive board to resign while Galway members asked anyone aware of earlier warnings to step down.
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Following a unanimous decision from the floor at the meeting, west Cork IFA chair Richard Connell will take the motion to this Wednesday’s executive council meeting in Dublin asking for the executive board to resign and an election to be held as soon as possible.
Since the resignation of general secretary Pat Smith, the remaining executive board members are president Eddie Downey (who has stepped back from his role), deputy president Tim O’Leary, treasurer Jer Bergin and regional chairs James McCarthy (Munster), James Murphy (south Leinster), Bert Stewart (Ulster/north Leinster) and Tom Turley (Connacht).
The position of west Cork members is that current board members are entitled to run, but a new mandate is required for the good of the organisation.
The mood at the meeting was centred on damage limitation, with a sense that renewing the leadership could help reduce the number of members leaving the IFA in the area.
Galway meeting
Meanwhile, reports from a meeting of the Galway county executive in Athenry on Tuesday night indicate that it adopted a motion calling on all IFA officers who had received former audit committee chairman Con Lucey's resignation letters in August 2014 to resign.
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