Colin Mccabe

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PFAI general secretary Stephen McGuinness believes that the FAI should provide more formal support structures to players and their families. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Class act: Time to take education of young Irish footballers more seriously

A new way for Irish football supporters to assess whether they are glass half-full or half-empty types might be to consider which fact they find more (...)

Eamon Zayed in action for Bray Wanderers in 2002. Photo: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho
What happens when an Irish prospect doesn’t make it in England?

Few of the young Irish footballers who head for Britain each year will fulfil their dreams, but in many cases the disappointment of those who return i(...)

Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe opened the scoring for Derry City in the EA Sports Cup tie against Longford Town at the Brandywell. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Holders Derry City ease past Longford Town into EA Sports Cup quarter-finals

First-half strikes from Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe and Eoghan Stokes eased holders Derry City into the EA Sports Cup quarter-finals as they had too much for (...)

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley. Photograph: Ciaran Culligan/Inpho
Shamrock Rovers woes down to inconsistency, says Bradley

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has dismissed the notion that all his team was really missing last season was a high-scoring striker. The Dublin(...)

Bohs’ goalkeeper Shane Supple has announced his retirement. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
‘I need to listen to my body’ - Bohemians' Shane Supple retires

Bohemians goalkeeper Shane Supple has been forced to retire from soccer with a hip injury that, he says, would prevent him playing to “the level neede(...)