Fáilte Ireland ceo Paul Kelly leaving role to become RDS chief 

Mr Kelly has been at the tourism development authority after eight years and will leave later this year 

Paul Kelly is to leave his role as CEO of Failte Ireland. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Fáilte Ireland has announced that Paul Kelly is to step down as chief executive to take the lead role at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). 

Mr Kelly has been leading Fáilte Ireland for the past eight years, is leaving in September to take up the role at the RDS. The recruitment process to appoint a new chief executive of Fáilte Ireland will begin in the coming weeks. “I am hugely excited to have the opportunity to take on the role of CEO of the RDS," said Mr Kelly. "The RDS has a highly prestigious past and huge future potential in its mission to inspire, enable and empower positive change in Ireland, and I’m looking forward to contributing to this mission”.