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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...

Cork City FC Home Match Tickets

At the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Rebel Army Society (FORAS) on Thursday night, members unanimously supported a motion calling on the Trust to issue a statement of concern surrounding the increase in ticket prices for Cork City FC’s men’s senior team. While our members appreciate that the club is not immune to rising costs, the level of increase has been disproportionate, and the manner with which the club has responded to legitimate apprehension has been of concern. FORAS is currently exploring what limited support it can offer to any of its members who are struggling to...

Board of Management Update

The 2023 Annual General Meeting was held tonight at the Metropole Hotel. Minutes and slides will be shared with members directly in due course. David Alton, Conor Hallahan, Colm McAuliffe and John Paul Clifford have stepped down from the board. We are extremely grateful for their services to FORAS and CCFC over the past four years and wish them all the best. Shane O’Connor, Darren O’Keeffe, Owen O’Sullivan and Joe Leogue were deemed elected at the AGM. The make-up of the board for 2023-2024 is as follows: Declan Carey (Chairman) Gar Fleming (Vice Chairman) Shane O’Connor (Secretary) Owen O’Sullivan (Treasurer)...