Foley to take up Athletics Ireland interim chief executive role

JOHN FOLEY is the interim chief executive of Athletics Ireland, an organisation that has gone through a traumatic period with the resignation of their very first chief executive, Brendan Hackett, early last year.

Foley, a former chief executive of Waterford Crystal, was an outstanding athlete back in the early 1970’s.

As an 800m runner he went on an athletic scholarship to McNeese State University, following in the footsteps of the late and legendary Fanahan McSweeney.