GOAL director quits in row with O’Shea

THE former chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland has resigned in dramatic fashion from his position on the board of international aid agency GOAL following strong differences of opinion with the chief executive, John O’Shea.

The resignation of Fran Rooney, former chief executive of Baltimore Technologies, comes in the wake of the resignation of the board’s former chairman, barrister Kenneth Fogarty.

Mr Fogarty is understood to have been unhappy with certain issues surrounding corporate governance at the charity. Mr O’Shea last night failed to return calls to the Irish Examiner.