Drogheda United owners instruct 'heartbroken' director Joanna Byrne to step down

Sinn Féin TDs Ruairí Ó Murchú, left, and Joanna Byrne before the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between Dundalk and Drogheda United at Oriel Park in Dundalk, Louth. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Drogheda United's American owners Trivela Group have instructed co-chairperson and director Joanna Byrne to resign from her role at the club. 

Trivela denied the move is down to "Ms Byrne’s political views or beliefs", while at the same time saying it has conducted an internal review "regarding the practicality of having an individual with political obligations simultaneously serve as a director of a football club".