FRAN Rooney has resigned as chairman of the listed software company Vimio after less than a year in the job.

VIMIO, a Dublin-based technology company chaired by the former Football Association of Ireland (FAI) chief executive Fran Rooney, plans to list on the London Stock Exchange.

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