Overview
- Trivela Group says it has issued a written instruction under Byrne’s service agreement requiring her to step down as director and co-chair.
- The owners state the move is not based on her political views but on a public statement about private discussions that they say eroded confidence.
- Byrne, a Sinn Féin TD for Louth, called the development deeply upsetting, said she is heartbroken, and will take time to review her options.
- An internal Trivela review concluded that holding elected office is not compatible with serving as a club director, and the matter should have been addressed earlier.
- An interim director will be appointed, following weeks of tension that included Byrne’s February call to boycott Ireland’s Nations League games with Israel and a club statement that concerns were not about political or moral views.