Budget 2027 sees some €22m set aside for Ryder Cup in Adare and Euro 2028
Gaelic Players Association and League of Ireland academies welcome increased funding in budget
Football Association Of Ireland (FAI)
Call for sporting sanctions is due to profound concerns over Israel’s actions in Gaza
Many who support engagement with Israelis also believe sports bodies should apply rules consistently
Heimir is the right man for the job, and four other things we learned from international window
FAI will continue discussions around future Israel fixtures
Heimir Hallgrímsson: ‘They can’t have this happening again, just for the players’ welfare’
FAI will have opportunity to raise question of avoiding Israel at Uefa gathering in Berlin next week
Chief Rabbi: All the good that might have come from Ireland v Israel has been lost
The Israeli squad includes a number of Palestinian citizens of Israel. This fact has barely been mentioned in the extensive Irish media coverage
Ken Early: Israel’s war in Gaza brings Ireland to remote cornfields in Serbia
In a country with its own tortured history, small town of Backa Topola hosts divisive Nations League fixture
Protests prove only a minor interruption as Ireland fans choose to focus on football
After fraught forecasts, the night belonged to Troy Parrott until the game slipped away from Ireland against Austria
‘Opportunity knocks’: Ian Flanagan’s departure will intensify calls for a Munster reboot
He presided over decline on and off the pitch, the nadir being the bid to sign Roger Randle as attack coach
Echoes of Saipan as FAI questioned about treatment of Gavin Bazunu over Israel games
Postponed Oireachtas sport committee hearing veered between controversial Israel games and safeguarding
No FAI staff member spoke to Gavin Bazunu ahead of Israel game, Oireachtas Committee hears
FAI details circumstances surrounding last Sunday’s Nations League game against Israel
Ireland goalkeepers were not spoken to about Israel matches, FAI tells committee – as it happened
Safeguarding issues also on the agenda, with politicians pressing the association on the level of Garda vetting among soccer referees
FAI to face questions over handling of Israel game at Oireachtas committee appearance
Calls for support for Ireland players who ‘don’t want to share the same pitch as a genocidal regime’.
Putting faith in religion in a country ‘open to everything except for God’
One brave man’s beliefs led him to make principled stand against Ireland v Israel football match
Micheál Martin did something unique in our history, making what happened next even worse
With his speech to the UN, Micheál Martin did something unique in our history. It makes what happened next even worse
Heimir Hallgrímsson worried about Ireland fan reaction at Austria match as another long week begins
FAI unlikely to make any significant noises about second Israel fixture until home match against Austria out of the way
Ireland squad yet to decide on whether to play second Israel match
Heimir Hallgrímsson says squad ‘are all uncomfortable’ with situation
‘We have a country 10 times better than theirs’: Israel captain criticises Ireland after 3-0 defeat
Israel captain says Sunday’s return fixture in Serbia ‘will be a completely different game’
Ireland beat Israel in a bleak farce that leaves everyone feeling betrayed
In a mess seven months in the making, there is no one villain in the Irish set-up at whom people can point the finger
Ireland v Israel proceeded without major controversy but the contention is that it started at all
Nations League match truly teetered on the edge of not happening after controversial weekend for Irish football in Debrecen
FAI president Paul Cooke defends handling of Israel v Ireland game
‘I haven’t heard anybody say that this decision was taken by the football community, which is what it was’
Ireland fulfil fixture against Israel, but pressure to cancel return game will not let up
Following 3-0 win in Debrecen, attention turns to Austria game at Aviva Stadium, with protests expected
Israel v Ireland: Geopolitics and sport clash as FAI face into a week like no other
Heimir Hallgrímsson: ‘I’m not a psychologist, but the preparation has definitely been unorthodox’
Ken Early: Why the discomfort over Israel fixtures? Because we know Ireland’s position is a fudge
Ireland are anxious to get through these games without creating any unnecessary trouble. Israel are long past caring about that
Still time for FAI to withdraw from Ireland-Israel match
National soccer federations must make a stand after so many deaths in Gaza
Ireland-Israel fixtures
Death toll in Gaza is the equivalent of the maximum capacity of Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium
FAI moves fans from pitchside seats to Aviva premium section for Austria game amid protest concerns
FAI say decision made because Austria match is being used as a test event for the staging of Euro 2028 games
Irish footballers should abandon match against ‘baby killers’, TD tells Dáil
Paul Murphy calls on team to ‘do the right thing’ by refusing to fulfil Israel fixture on Sunday
Players who pull out of Israel ties have support of the nation, Opposition TDs say
‘Even at this last minute, we would appeal to the team and the players not to do it,’ said one deputy
FAI should do its job and cancel the Ireland-Israel football matches
We will not sing in Eurovision because of Israel, but we will play them at football
FAI will remove all sponsor branding for upcoming Nations League matches
Commercial partners are understood not to be getting a rebate for their reduced exposure, with the FAI describing the Israel fixtures as ‘unique’
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‘One wonders why the cake suddenly becomes European when the icing happens to be on Ireland’s plate?’
Kevin Kilbane: The FAI will come to regret letting the Ireland-Israel match go ahead
I do not believe Ireland would have been left out in the cold if we had taken a stand
FAI boss believes Israel games leave him in a lose-lose situation: ‘I have to do my job’
David Courell says Irish football should never have been left to face an impossible situation
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