O’Luanaigh elected chairman

**A face** · 13/03/2004, 2:41 PM

O’Luanaigh elected chairman

Declan O’Luanaigh has been elected as chairman of the eircom League as Saturday’s AGM.

O’Luanaigh has been Acting chairman since the resignation of Brendan Dillon in January and was named as Dillon’s full-time successor after defeating challenger John Byrne in a secret ballot.

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**A face** · 16/03/2004, 2:00 PM

ALL CHANGE AGAIN !!!

Declan O'Luanaigh has been elected as chairman of the eircom League. O'Luanaigh defeated John Byrne in a secret ballot at the Leagues AGM on Saturday. This seasons campaign will be minus the play-offs as the clubs voted for a 12 team Premier League in 2005. One club will be relegated and 3 will be promoted from the First Division.

While it may be wise to extend the Premier League from 10 to 12, the decision to do away with the play-offs is ridiculas. Traditionaly the largest gates of the season have been the play-off matches. Ask Derry, Finn Harps, Drogheda, Limerick etc. all were involved in the play-offs in the past couple of seasons.

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