FORAS meeting with Cork City Ownership

Representatives of the Board of Management of FORAS met with Dermot Usher and Chief Operating Officer Éanna Buckley at the latest quarterly meeting between the club and the Trust on Tuesday. The minutes of the meeting, approved by FORAS and the club, have been circulated to members by email this afternoon.

FORAS and the club have agreed that the Key Highlights of these minutes will be posted to the FORAS website. These will be posted soon (although likely not before tonight’s match). They are also repeated below.

The full minutes, outlined by email, are for the benefit of members only and are not for circulation or public dissemination.

Key Highlights:

▪ Dermot Usher acknowledges comments made in interview with The Currency could have been better made.
▪ Fiacre Kelleher confirmed as men’s first team captain, Seani Maguire as vice-captain.
⁠▪ Investment in club to date by Dermot Usher is €1.4m.
⁠▪ Club committed to an increase in opportunities for supporter engagement with ownership and club management.
▪ ⁠Progress on training facility continuing but taking a little longer than envisaged.
⁠▪ Club provides clarity on role of Transfer Committee.
⁠▪ 5 academy players in process of being offered professional contracts.
⁠▪ Parties to work together on celebration of 20th Anniversary of 2005 League win.

Many thanks to members for their input, feedbacks and questions in the run-up to this meeting.