Drogheda United boss 'not eating or sleeping for the last 48 hours' over club row

Drogheda boss Kevin Doherty has called on the club to live up to its name and be united once more after admitting he hadn’t been eating or sleeping in the wake of a boardroom fall-out this week.

Co-chairperson and Sinn Féin TD for Louth Joanna Byrne released a statement on Wednesday evening claiming that fellow board members had called on her to resign, stating that her position was “no longer tenable” after calling for the Republic of Ireland to boycott its forthcoming Nations League games with Israel in her role as her party’s spokesperson for sport.

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