Lochlann Walsh elected new president of OFI

NEW ERA: Newly-appointed Olympic Federation of Ireland president Lochlann Walsh at the Clayton Hotel in Dublin on Thursday night. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Lochlann Walsh has been elected as president of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) at an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday night.

Walsh takes over from Sarah Keane who has held the position since 2017 and led the way in a radical rebranding and reorganisation of a body that had been led for 28 years by Pat Hickey.