The daily sports briefing with Mary Hannigan: Awkward homecoming on the cards when Ireland return from Women’s World Cup
Karen Duggan suspects that if the FAI had wanted to give Vera Pauw a new contract, they’d have done it by now. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/InphoThe Republic of Ireland’s World Cup squad will gather in Dublin tomorrow for their official homecoming on O’Connell Street. The occasion has the potential to be decidedly awkward givenwhich, writes Gavin Cummiskey, “finally surfaced in the open disagreement between captain Katie McCabe and manager Vera Pauw”.
While there’s no word yet from the FAI on Pauw’s future, Gavin’s sense is that they are “set to freshen up the management team” ahead of Northern Ireland’s visit in September, Karen Duggan sharing that feeling. she writes, suspecting that if the FAI had wanted to give her a new contract, they’d have done it by now. She’s tired of the sideshows, though, and just wants the saga to end, one way or another.. “The old band can still rattle out a good tune,” he says, saluting the contributions of the likes of Stephen Cluxton, James McCarthy and Brian Fenton.
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