Former Dublin GAA manager and presidential candidate Jim Gavin has left his role as chair of the North East Inner City Programme Implementation Board.
He was appointed to be position by government in May 2023 as an independent chair.
In a letter to local councillors, Dublin City Council said Mr Gavin is "no longer serving as Chair".
It said Liz Canavan, Assistant Secretary General at the Department of Taoiseach, would chair the board on an interim basis.
The NEIC initiative began almost a decade ago in July 2016, as part of a Government initiative to oversee the long-term social and economic regeneration of Dublin's north east inner city.
It followed a number of gangland killings in the area after the Regency Hotel attack in February 2016.
The Mulvey Report, 'Creating a Brighter Future', was published in February 2017 and recommended a number of actions to tackle priority areas of crime and drugs, education, training and employment opportunities, services for families and young people and physical improvements.
The report also recommended a system of implementation structures to support the process, including the appointment of an independent chairperson to head a Programme Implementation Board to lead the work at local level.
Mr Gavin has stepped away from the role as Chair while contesting the presidential election but it was no clear of or when he would resume the role after his withdrawal from the race.
