DUBLIN, IRELAND--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 8, 2007 -- Trinity Biotech plc (NasdaqGS:TRIB - News), a leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products for the point-of-care and clinical laboratory markets, today announces the following management appointments. Since 1995 Ronan O’Caoimh has held the positions of both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trinity Biotech plc. Given the Company’s rapid growth in recent years, he has decided that now is an appropriate time to separate these two roles. Consequently Ronan O’Caoimh will now assume the role of Executive Chairman.