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FAI

Last year
2025
Football
FAI union staff threaten strike action over proposed job cuts
3 Sep 2025
1.2k
Football
FAI union staff threaten strike action over proposed job cuts
3 Sep 2025
6.6k
Flashback
'Shame Game' and 'Drunken Irish' - How Ireland's last successful World Cup campaign started in disgrace
David Sneyd
3 Sep 2025
3.8k
2
Eileen Gleeson
FAI 'preparing strong legal defence' against Eileen Gleeson discrimination allegations
1 Sep 2025
2.4k
Football
Former Shamrock Rovers CEO John Martin in final talks to become new FAI chief football officer
The 42
28 Aug 2025
5.2k
10
Exclusive
John Martin in final talks to become new FAI chief football officer
It’s understood the 45-year-old Kildare man will be confirmed as Marc Canham’s permanent successor.
David Sneyd
28 Aug 2025
3.1k
1
COYBIG
Owen Elding not named in Jim Crawford's U21 squad for Moldova and Andorra
28 Aug 2025
3.0k
0
Play-offs
Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers united in their focus to seize European opportunity
Stephen Bradley and Joey O’Brien have brought their teams to the cusp of League of Ireland history in Uefa Conference League.
David Sneyd
28 Aug 2025
892
0
Soccer
'If we don’t take a long-term approach now we will never fix it' - FAI on funding for player development
Audit of academies throughout the country lays bare challenges ahead of submissions to Government.
David Sneyd
27 Aug 2025
2.3k
5
Job Cuts
Job losses ahead at FAI as voluntary redundancy programme opens
27 Aug 2025
1.8k
14
finding your feet
Building World Cup momentum vital for Ireland after five years of losing starts to qualifiers
Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson has placed faith in maturity of squad ahead of next month’s opening games.
David Sneyd
26 Aug 2025
1.9k
0
Soccer
Ireland's squad has been named for the opening round of World Cup qualifiers
The 42
26 Aug 2025
9.1k
19
Soccer
Chiedozie Ogbene returns but Seamus Coleman absent from Ireland's opening World Cup qualifiers
Updated 26 Aug 2025
5.8k
17
real business
Plenty of reasons for optimism as Hallgrimsson prepares to name first World Cup qualifier squad
26 Aug 2025
1.2k
0
all go
League of Ireland clubs primed to break new European ground at a time of more FAI flux
Search for new chief football officer nearing end as Heimir Hallgrímsson prepares to name first squad of World Cup qualifiers.
David Sneyd
24 Aug 2025
4.8k
0
board meeting
Static FAI faces defining few weeks as job cuts loom and key decisions go unmade
23 Aug 2025
2.3k
5
reverse
Confirmed: Leagues can opt-out of summer soccer switch as FAI row back on key reform
8 Aug 2025
5.2k
7
Football
Former Ireland boss Eileen Gleeson set to take up new FAI role
Gleeson previously worked as the head coach of the women’s national team and as the head of women and girls’ football.
The 42
30 Jul 2025
14.1k
19
Exclusive
Former Ireland boss Eileen Gleeson set for new FAI role
Dubliner previously worked as WNT head coach and head of women and girls’ football.
Emma Duffy
30 Jul 2025
7.9k
4
Adaptation
Why Jim McGuinness’s impact in soccer was underrated
27 Jul 2025
4.2k
1
Exclusive
Summer soccer 'dead in the water' as FAI face revolt over aligned calendar
Board meeting next week set to see plans shelved due to pushback from grassroots.
David Sneyd
25 Jul 2025
18.0k
7
FAI Cup
Dundalk ‘cooperating with authorities’ following alleged racism towards Sligo Rovers player
Updated 19 Jul 2025
1.0k
FAI Cup
Dundalk FC ‘cooperating with authorities’ into alleged racism towards Sligo Rovers player
19 Jul 2025
5.6k
inequality
‘Male coaches get away with a lot more on the sideline than I do’
13 Jul 2025
4.2k
0
FAI
FAI seek to postpone Wednesday's Oireachtas Committee appearance by four weeks
7 Jul 2025
1.4k
pick a side
Watch: Saipan teaser trailer lands as Keane–McCarthy feud set for big-screen revival
23 Jun 2025
14.9k
53
twist
FAI says they flagged European concerns with Drogheda owners last November
17 Jun 2025
3.0k
8
to the point
The two words that have come to define Heimir Hallgrímsson's Ireland plan
Dara O’Shea explains the message the international boss is making clear to players ahead of World Cup qualifiers.
David Sneyd
9 Jun 2025
3.0k
4
Awards
Here's the full list of winners from this year's FAI international awards
6 Jun 2025
2.0k
5
deserved recognition
Robbie Brady wins FAI senior men's player of the year
4 Jun 2025
2.1k
2
Safe Hands
Caoimhín Kelleher returns to Ireland training ahead of proposed €21.5m move from Liverpool
3 Jun 2025
1.7k
0
Comeback
'He's a player of interest... a character that could help us' - Ireland boss open to James McClean return
1 Jun 2025
4.1k
3
annual survey
Irish involvement in Premier League rises again - but it may be unsustainable
26 May 2025
5.2k
0
the next generation
Irish U21s boss Jim Crawford on working with Heimir, academy investment, and how to retain talents like Zefi
25 May 2025
1.6k
0
Breaking his silence
'The way I've been treated is a lack of respect' - Colin Healy refutes FAI explanation of his exit
Healy’s contract as Ireland WNT assistant was not renewed despite believing he had been given assurances to the contrary by the FAI.
Gavin Cooney
22 May 2025
2.0k
3
filling in
Marc Canham deputy Shane Robinson named FAI interim technical director
19 May 2025
1.2k
2
Wave Goodbye
Hannah Dingley to depart FAI for Man City role
19 May 2025
2.0k
0
having his say
Hallgrímsson wants Roy Keane to meet Ireland players as he ramps up World Cup mission
Ireland boss insists it’s important to maintain links with country’s legends as he opens up on range of topics.
Plans to meet former Man United captain for coffee
Says players must do their talking on the pitch, not social media
Warning about getting too much too soon and believing it's a 'God given right' to play
David Sneyd
18 May 2025
1.6k
2
Soccer
RTÉ announce new two-year TV deal for FAI Cup
Updated 15 May 2025
1.4k
3
clear vision
Hallgrímsson wants to take Ireland on the one road to promised land of World Cup
It will be 24 years since Boys in Green featured in football’s biggest show as manager begins to plot the way forward.
David Sneyd
15 May 2025
1.2k
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