By Damian Spellman, Press Association Sport
Published: 23:04 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 23 March 2019
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John Delaney is to step aside as chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland to take up the newly-created post of executive vice-president.
Delaney, who has spent the past week defending himself after newspaper reports suggested that he loaned the association £100,000 to cover a cash-flow problem in 2017, has left his current post with immediate effect.
The news was confirmed in an FAI statement released on Saturday evening just minutes after Ireland's 1-0 Euro 2020 qualifier victory in Gibraltar, at which he was present.
John Delaney is to step aside as chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland
It said: 'The Board of the Football Association of Ireland has adopted a review of its senior management structure that will see chief executive officer John Delaney move to a new position of executive vice-president with immediate effect.
'Chief operating officer Rea Walshe has been appointed to the role of Interim CEO by the Board as the recruitment process begins for a new chief executive officer.'
Delaney's new role will see him take responsibility for 'a range of international matters and special projects on behalf of the FAI'.
FAI president Donal Conway said: 'On behalf of the board and the members of the association, I want to thank John for everything
