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Full coverage: FAI

Roy Barrett leaves: What does it mean for the FAI?

The failures of the old FAI are known to everyone but Irish football needs constant exposure to new ideas as it tries to stand on its own two feet.

Dion Fanning
14th Jan, 2023 - 6 min read

Martin O’Neill on John Delaney’s regime, Roy Keane and those interviews with Tony O’Donoghue

His time as Ireland manager ended in disappointment. In this episode of Experience, he talks to Dion Fanning about John Delaney, being viewed as an outsider and the mistakes he made.

Dion Fanning
19th Nov, 2022 - 4 min read

“There’s an old saying in our family, ‘Those who bow must obey'”

Roddy Collins's life has been a story of adventure, resilience and, sometimes, bluster. In this week's episode of Experience, he talks to Dion Fanning about never being afraid to risk everything and standing up to John Delaney.

Dion Fanning
5th Nov, 2022 - 2 min read

It is a no-show from JACC Sports as the national football jersey supplier formally enters provisional liquidation

On Tuesday, the FAI pulled the plug on JACC's most lucrative business contract. Now it's facing the wall with debts of over €13 million and serious allegations about stock transactions and handling creditor claims.

Francesca Comyn
27th Oct, 2022 - 3 min read

The narcissism of minor differences: Irish football’s constant struggle to escape its own divisions

The struggles for all Ireland managers are real but those who live here deal with the suffocating nature of the world of Irish football.

Dion Fanning
23rd Oct, 2022 - 13 min read

Ireland’s greatest goals competition is a reminder of how much is missing in Irish football

In international football, only a change of manager can cater to the football supporter who wants his whims and fantasies catered for and cares nothing for reality.

Dion Fanning
18th Jun, 2022 - 4 min read

This is not an exit: 20 years on, why there are no lessons to be learned from Saipan

The roots of Saipan were not to be found in the decades-long incompetence of the FAI or in the idea that it was a clash between the old Ireland and the new. The roots of Saipan, if there were any at all, could more conceivably be traced to a police cell in Manchester in 1999.

Dion Fanning
21st May, 2022 - 11 min read

If fixing the League of Ireland is a prerequisite for holding major tournaments will we ever host a football event?

The FAI are right to be part of a bid for the European Championships in 2028 because their ambitions must extend beyond the audience that currently exists for domestic football in this country.

Dion Fanning
12th Feb, 2022 - 4 min read

The FAI’s strategy no longer involves merely making it to the end of the day but the fundamental culture change required remains a work in progress

The FAI are embarked on a process of change but they continue to attract unwelcome headlines. Maybe that doesn't matter if they can get the fundamentals right.

Dion Fanning
5th Feb, 2022 - 5 min read

The End of the Affair: What now for the Irish footballer and England?

The great English clubs no longer look to Ireland for their players. Brexit has restricted options even further so where now for the gifted Irish footballer?

Dion Fanning
26th Dec, 2021 - 16 min read
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