With a pre-prepared statement about a catastrophic international result as the starter of a press briefing that concluded with a response to a public lashing from Roy Keane, perhaps this is the day that David Courell truly arrived as FAI chief executive.
"Yeah I spoke to them, they spoke to every Tom, Dick, and Harry, but even that was a farce. The amount of people who have come out in the last six months that said they were offered the job. But that's the FAI, I've said it before, they couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery. It's sad, it's a long way back. But the FAI as well need to get their house in order."
Association accused of bullying, unlawful conduct and paying women's coach six times less than her male counterpart An explosive legal case is being taken by Eileen Gleeson against the FAI after she was forced out of the job after 16 months, the Sunday Independent can reveal. But Gleeson's battle with the FAI began before she took the job; court documents show she felt
John Finnegan has announced his resignation as vice-president of the Football Association of Ireland, citing personal and family reasons. This decision comes after two years in the role.
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has been rocked by an anonymous email that made a series of allegations against named people involved in football, including an FAI official.
