Thanks Salmson.

According to the Advertiser it's the IRFU's director of corporate affairs, Kevin Potts.

www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/63614/s...for-personal-reasons

Thanks Salmson. Not sure if the idea of having an IRFU-appointed Interim CEO is a good or a bad thing to be honest. Do you know his/her name?

mary hinge wrote: Can anyone throw any light on whether Tom Sears is still with us, whether he has left as I seem to have read somewhere recently, and if so on what circumstances he did leave?

I can find nothing on the official website. That won't be a surprise if Tom is still in situ of course. Mind you, it wouldn't be a big surprise either to find nothing on the offical website if he has left.

He's left us by "mutual consent" citing "personal circumstances". Apparently his partner never settled in Ireland, and in addition he has three children from a previous relationship in England.

There's an interim CEO from the IRFU in place, apparently.

Can anyone throw any light on whether Tom Sears is still with us, whether he has left as I seem to have read somewhere recently, and if so on what circumstances he did leave?

I can find nothing on the official website. That won't be a surprise if Tom is still in situ of course. Mind you, it wouldn't be a big surprise either to find nothing on the offical website if he has left.