Lochlann Walsh has been elected as the new President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) at an Extraordinary General Meeting tonight.
He received a majority of the 36 votes cast by member sporting associations.
Moira Aston, CEO of Canoeing Ireland was the other candidate in a strong race of equals.
Having served under his chairing of the OFI Gender Equality Commission, I am confident he will thrive in the role and the organisation will too over his tenure.
Walsh takes over from Sarah Keane, who has held the position since 2017.
They are big shoes to fill and there were a line up of individuals paying tribute to her this evening.
Sarah O’Shea was also elected as the Vice-President of the OFI.
Newly elected President Lochlann Walsh steps up to the role having been an OFI board member since 2017.
“Thank you for placing your trust in me,” he said in a short address.
“During the past few weeks I got to know many of you in the federations and I look forward to taking up the position.”
“I’d like to congratulate Moira on a positive and forward looking campaign.”
This is a developing story. We will update later with the results of the election of the non-officer positions on the board.
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