Roy Barrett

Previous Ireland managers have failed to recover from seismic setbacks

Chairman and president both back manager despite home loss to side ranked 98th in the world

‘Last night was a setback on what is a difficult journey, but it is a setback’

Deal protects bonuses at brokerage as 30 AIB staff to transfer by end of next year

AIB said to have offered more than €130m for Goodbody

Bosses outline challenges facing association as Covid effects continue to be felt

Clubs are working on the assumption they will have no paying spectators this season

Association figures revealed at virtual agm show current liabilities up to €76.1m

New chief executive aims to build ‘a more trusted’ organisation from ‘low base’

Plus, time to forget Goodbody’s €150m price tag

Bank preferred bidder for brokerage it sold after taxpayer bailout

61-year-old interim chief executive will not seek to retain the job on a permanent basis

Former sport minister says FAI chairman has ‘done a good job’ in implementing reforms

Members back reform measures required to release over €30m of State funding

Association will look to draw line under deeply divisive period at Monday’s egm

Sources say recommendation for post came from Bank of Ireland’s chairman

Larry Bass has called for the resignation of Barrett and two other independent directors

53-year-old to urge delegates to take Government deal, McCarthy limps off

Division and discord over key governance issue revives memories of OCI implosion

Reds chairman has quit his role at the association, outling six ‘serious issues’

Soccer group’s council holds four-hour debate ahead of crunch August summit

Composition of the board, as agreed per the State’s rescue package, still a live issue

State withholding bulk of €30m bailout funds until progress on ‘key issues’

MEP concerned over role ‘Visionary Group’ may have had in formulating memorandum

He becomes the fourth independent director to join the board of the association

New government restates Memorandum of Understanding must be implemented in full

Ruud Dokter agrees new 18-month contract as high-performance director

Association plan to hold a series of three egms in relation to fractious reform process

Stockbrokers’ owner Fexco may have to sit tight and hope Covid-19 uncertainty wears off

This is the second time in 18 months that the sale of the Irish stockbroker to a Chinese group has collapsed

Letter to football association prompted by ‘alarming reports’ of boardroom split

One club understood to be considering legal action with fixtures to resume on July 31st

Firm was hired alongside international banks to sell €890m of bonds for Bank of China’s Hong Kong branch

FAI’s interim chief feels he will have achieved what he was asked to do by the end of July

Seen and Heard: Goodbody sale yet to complete, data centres and water usage, and €100m wind farm for Mayo

Talks to continue with clubs over coming days in a bid to secure agreement

Association acted in light of the Government lockdown being extended to May 5th at the earliest

Terms of deal unaffected by coronavirus crisis

‘It was the first time anyone in authority had rang me for 15 years’

This was the first time since 2016 that the Irish stockbroker did not pay a cash bonus