Resources now available to make vital changes a realityAfter March's sleepy lay off, April should be quite a month for followers of the National League.Tue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
Striking dilemma for IrelandHaving gathered in Dublin early yesterday the Republic of Ireland's footballers made a low-key start to the preparations for …Tue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
O'Byrne survives first wave of attackThe FAI chief executive Bernard O'Byrne defied his critics yesterday and survived the first assault on his leadership as the …Mon Mar 19 2001 - 00:00
Injured O'Neill forced to withdrawKeith O'Neill's troubled international career took another blow yesterday when the Middlesbrough midfielder was forced to withdraw…Mon Mar 19 2001 - 00:00
O'Byrne survives first wave of attackThe FAI chief executive Bernard O'Byrne defied his critics yesterday and survived the first assault on his leadership as the …Sat Mar 17 2001 - 00:00
Injured O'Neill forced to withdrawKeith O'Neill's troubled international career took another blow yesterday when the Middlesbrough midfielder was forced to withdraw…Sat Mar 17 2001 - 00:00
Directors to take O'Byrne to taskThe FAI's directors will meet again this afternoon to review the events that led to last week's decision to abandon Eircom Park…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Exploiting the windfallThe implications of last Friday's decision by the FAI to row in iwith the Government's plan for a national stadium has left many…Tue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
Windfall may still have its fall guyAfter the bitter divisions of the past two years, Eircom Park was formally consigned to history yesterday with barely a sentimental…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
FAI to get £45m in Government offer to move to Stadium IrelandLeading football officials from around the country will today receive details of the package offered by the Government to the…Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
Omens better for local gameA spokesperson for the Minister for Sport Dr Jim McDaid last night insisted that no Government decision had been taken on when…Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
Financial offer could end stadium sagaSenior members of the Government last night confirmed to representatives of the FAI that it is prepared to advance the association…Tue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
O'Byrne denies misuse of FAI cardFAI chief executive Bernard O'Byrne reacted angrily yesterday to allegations that he had "misused" an association credit card…Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Lennon careful not to rush his decisionNeil Lennon has insisted that he will not make any rash decisions regarding his international career in the aftermath of Northern…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
FAI suspend all fixturesThe FAI yesterday fell into line with the rest of the country's main sporting organisations and postponed all of their fixtures…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Danes on for winter return to help FAIFAI officials have reached broad agreement with their Danish counterparts regarding the rescheduling of their friendly international…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Even the weather is against the FAIWhile the players looked bored and their manager bemused, it was the FAI's officials who gave the clearest impression of being…Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Plans to replace Quinn have long-term feelDiscovering how well his team can cope without a big man to play off up front looks to be the main task Republic of Ireland manager…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Kinsella, Quinn on casualty listTwo of Mick McCarthy's stalwarts, Niall Quinn and Mark Kinsella, joined the Republic of Ireland's casualty list over the weekend…Mon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
St Patrick's launch a fighting comebackIt was spectacular stuff and if Bohemians or even St Patrick's themselves do manage to dislodge Dermot Keely's side from the …Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
FAI to consider financial proposalsDirectors of the Football Association of Ireland look set to be presented with two very different interpretations of yesterday…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
FAI to hear Government offer on stadium todayLeading representatives of the FAI will hear this morning what is on the table if they drop plans for their own stadium and opt…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
National LeagueThe need for Finn Harps to win is becoming more urgent and while the recent scoring record of tonight's opponents hardly augers…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Danes without SchmeichelThe naming by Morten Olsen yesterday of his 18-man Denmark squad for next week's friendly in Dublin was overshadowed slightly…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
A rejuvenated Bohemians could force popular finaleRoddy Collins, of course, had less reason to be concerned than his opposite number at Belfield on SundayTue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Crowe handed a hat-trickAs the happy crowd cleared Belfield Park yesterday, so too - rather more slowly - did the faint air of disbelief amongst those…Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Harps leave it behind themThat Finn Harps were well worth the single point they took home from Dublin last night will scarcely console Jonathan Speak or…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Carr could miss rest of season as injury returnsTottenham Hotspur defender Stephen Carr looks certain to miss the friendly game against Denmark and could be a serious doubt …Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
McCarthy expands his back-up planThe return of Wimbledon's Kenny Cunningham and call up of Tottenham's inform summer signing Gary Doherty for this month's friendly…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Keeping the dream of an FAI stadium barely alive`As a stadium architect", Rod Sheard told journalist and author Simon Inglis a year or so ago, "my chief role is to build dreams…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Timing of appeal crucial for FAIThe FAI have insisted they expect the oral hearing on Eircom Park at An Bord Pleanala to be held at the end of March rather than…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Stadium's fate now in hands of developersAfter yet another marathon meeting of the FAI's board of management, the fate of Eircom Park now appears to be firmly in the …Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Bray must learn lesson from bitter cup defeatIt's not hard to imagine what the atmosphere is like in Bray this week as Pat Devlin's players prepare for the visit of Derry…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterford earn second bite after real thrillerTo look at them throwing themselves headlong into one of the most exciting ties this year's Harps Lager FAI Cup is likely to …Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Rovers know what they face but not whoWith all but two third-round ties yet to be decided, last night's FAI Cup quarter-final draw failed to produce a single tie of…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Draw gives no cause for complaintOn the face of it this was an opportunity missed for Stephen O'Brien's Longford Town sideMon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Bohemians win round two as wellAfterwards it was almost amusing to reflect on how we had thought there had been bad blood between these two clubs before last…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Galway lose Grant to ShelbourneCost-cutting measures aimed at preventing potentially serious financial difficulties developing at Galway United were blamed …Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Cork City manager set to goCork City officials are expected to issue a statement this morning confirming the departure of manager Derek Mountfield just …Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Cup game could be defining momentSometimes you just call it wrong and as the handful of journalists covering Sunday's run-of-the-mill encounter between UCD and…Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Kilkenny fail to take chances"It wasn't so much a six as a nine pointer," Kilkenny City assistant manager Billy Walsh said after seeing the league's bottom…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
Foran makes amends for past sins with double strikeThe villain on Tuesday when he was sent off for the fourth time this season, Richie Foran turned hero at Tolka Park last night…Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Determined UCD discover that spirit is not enoughIt's not over yet but having lost by two goals to a St Patrick's side that has been on a more or less consistently upward curve…Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
FAI plans meeting to keep park on trackThe Football Association of Ireland's negotiating team will meet representatives of Davy Hickey Properties by the end of this…Wed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
FAI seeks new investors as cost of Eircom Park rises to £130mThe Football Association of Ireland last night nominated a four-member negotiating team to open talks with potential investors…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
