Football Association Of Ireland (FAI)

FAI to reroute Emerging Talent money to give more coaching time to best young footballers

New plan will see players provided access to senior Irish coaches, including Heimir Hallgrímsson, John O’Shea, Eileen Gleeson and Emma Byrne

Kevin Kilbane: Urgency needed if Heimir Hallgrímsson is to stop the rot in Irish football

Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson deserves our respect, but time is against Ireland

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Dundalk FC saved from liquidation after consortium agrees 80% purchase

The consortium is led by barrister John Temple, who hails from Dundalk

Páirc Uí Chaoimh mooted as alternative Euro 2028 venue to Casement Park

Croke Park also in the mix as Minister says it is important to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to keep as many games as possible on island

FAI ‘very late’ to ask for money for academies from Brexit fund, says Government source

Heavily in debt, the Football Association of Ireland is scrambling for ways to pay for badly needed improvements to the player development system

FAI interim boss says ‘loophole’ meant all financial checks were not carried out when Ainscough purchased Dundalk

Supporters club raised €19,000 to cover match-day expenses

Aviva Stadium ‘open for business’ after UK government pulls Casement Park funding

FAI interim chief hopes Aviva Stadium may host fixtures which had been set for the Belfast stadium

FAI faces questions over Hallgrímsson appointment timeline at AGM

The association is holding its annual general meeting in Dublin

FAI to disband its Emerging Talent Programme, with AGM to hear of ‘massive cuts across the board’

Cash-strapped association’s executive to inform its members at Saturday’s AGM on details of cuts

Ireland forced to settle for draw with Latvia in tense under-21 qualifier

Despite goals from Sinclair Armstrong and Sean Roughan, Ireland’s qualification campaign suffers a blow in Tallaght

After Jack Grealish scored, it appeared that football was ultimately just a joke at Ireland’s expense

England dismissed Ireland while producing one of the most one-sided periods of play ever seen at the Aviva Stadium

Evan Ferguson unable to start Republic of Ireland’s home clash with Greece

Head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson says he is still relying on his backroom staff for guidance but ‘hopefully I will have more authority as time goes on’

TV View: Roy Keane gets stuck into the FAI while Ronnie Whelan learns nothing

Even ‘the greatest human being on Earth’ couldn’t uplift Ireland against England

Plan for FAI staff protest at England game suspended ahead of talks

Siptu members working for the Football Association of Ireland are seeking negotiations on a pay agreement

Football Association of Ireland reduces its legacy debt by €7.7m

Accounts for 2023 show a surplus of €3.5m with Association looking at strategy to deal with long-term debt

Siptu members at FAI to launch public campaign over pay dispute ahead of Ireland-England game

Association refusing to negotiate with staff on pay and conditions, says union

St Patrick’s Athletic receive European boost as FAI postpone Dundalk trip

Stephen Kenny’s side trying to qualify for Uefa Conference League group stages in tie against Basaksehir

‘Sometimes you need a b*****d in your team’: Heimir Hallgrímsson’s first impressions of his Ireland side

The new Ireland manager spoke to season ticket holders ahead of the squad’s Nations League fixtures next month

Shamrock Rovers threaten to block RTÉ from home league games over absence of European coverage

Budgetary constraints enforced during busy summer of sport behind decision made by RTÉ

Team Ireland shows what an all-island approach can achieve on the world stage

The football administrators on both sides of the Border should take note, but will they?

Damien Duff apologises after saying he would sack 90 per cent of FAI staff

‘I knew it was wrong and it’s all I have thought about since... frankly, it was a ridiculous comment’

FAI coaching allegations: There is no resolution to this story, no happily ever afters. Careers were stalled, trauma inflicted

The women say their coaches, in positions of power, reached past the young players’ newfound freedom, touching them as if their wants didn’t matter, as if they didn’t matter

Football club says FAI did not inform it of stand down order against one of its coaches

Coach concerned is one of three men accused of inappropriate behaviour and unwanted sexual advances in 1990s

Heimir Hallgrímsson invites John O’Shea on new Republic of Ireland journey

FAI defends timing of new manager’s appointment

Heimir Hallgrímsson smiles through media drilling at first press conference

Republic of Ireland’s new manager unveiled in the same week FAI faces allegations of historical sexual abuse of women players

View from Iceland: Heimir Hallgrímsson’s achievements reveal a will to win that is second to none

New Ireland coach’s teams are well drilled and play to a style he tailors to the players available

Heimir Hallgrímsson succeeds Stephen Kenny as Ireland head coach

57-year-old previously coached Iceland and Jamaica and will take over in time for the game against England in September

Who is Heimir Hallgrímsson, the dentist now in charge of Ireland’s footballers?

Hallgrímsson left his job with Jamaica last month and previously was Iceland’s co-manager when they beat England at Euro 2016

For the FAI, this has the potential to be the most harmful scandal of all

Hopefully, the upsetting revelations over the weekend will embolden more people to come forward and tell their story

Women soccer players speak of ‘systematic and calculated abuse’ after historical allegations

Accusations of inappropriate sexual behaviour made against coach working in women’s game in 1990s are subject of documentary

FAI stands down three former women’s football coaches after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Accusations are historical in nature and relate to alleged incidents which occurred in the 1990s

Kevin Kilbane: Ralf Rangnick’s Austria offer lessons for the FAI

Euro 2024 preview: Progress of mid-tier nations emphasises how badly the modern FAI is doing business

Anthony Hudson back in the frame for Republic of Ireland manager’s job

Former New Zealand head coach is available after leaving his most recent post with Al-Markiyah in Qatar

O’Shea hoping for clarification on Ireland manager role later this month

Andrew Omobamidele ruled out of Tuesday night’s Hungary friendly

Aviva in talks with IRFU and FAI to renew stadium naming rights deal

Aviva has held the naming rights since 2010 and is in exclusive talks to renew for another five years

FAI ‘rightly criticised for setting out timelines’ in new manager search says interim CEO

David Courell reiterates that the association is committed to hiring a replacement for Stephen Kenny before September’s Nations League campaign

Former Baltimore Technologies, FAI CEO Fran Rooney has died

Under Rooney, Baltimore became one of the most valuable companies in history of the State

An Post named most reputable organisation over last 15 years as RTÉ suffers greatest decline

Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ

Governance issues at centre of dispute between SFAI and Dublin schoolboys’ and girls’ league

Elite under-14 squads from DDSL not allowed to compete at Gaynor and Kennedy cups due to league’s refusal to pay affiliation fees

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