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Basketball Ireland Chief Facing Calls To Resign

Friday, 9 July 2021 12:39

It follows a tweet relating to Euro 2020.

There are calls for Basketball Ireland chief executive Bernard O'Byrne to resign, following a racially insensitive social media post.

The association's CEO has apologised for a comment he made on Facebook, following Raheem Sterling's penalty incident in the Euro 2020 semi final against Denmark on Wednesday.

In the post, O'Byrne referenced the Black Lives Matter movement.

He has since apologised, saying the comment was "an error of judgement".

The statement issued in full was:

Basketball Ireland CEO Bernard O’Byrne has deleted a recent social media post, which made reference to an incident at Euro 2020. The comment was made from his personal account.

Mr O’Byrne said: “My choice of words commenting on a penalty incident were not thought out. It was an error of judgement and I wholeheartly apologise for the comments.”

Basketball Ireland would like to stress its ongoing commitment to inclusion and basketball’s diverse community, which has been led by Mr O’Byrne in recent years.

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