The search for a new Republic of Ireland manager has been chaotic and unstable, further damaging the reputation of the FAI. The organization has had to find interim executives in recent months, highlighting the ongoing turmoil.
Shambolic search for a new Republic of Ireland manager lurches on, while instability has done little to repair reputational damage of the John Delaney yearsThere was a time, you’ll recall, when the relentless search for players with grandparents born on these shores had detractors declaring that FAI stood for “Find an Irishman”. After Monday morning’s news thatMind you, that seems less like a jibe and more like an accurate enough description of the chief function of the FAI of late.
Courrell, the FAI’s chief operating officer until Monday morning, has now become the FAI’s fifth interim CEO in five years, Rea Walshe, Noel Mooney, Paul Cooke and Gary Owens having all filled the role after John Delaney’s departure from the job in March 2019 and before ess-than-convincing efforts to explain accepting a payment of almost €12,000 in lieu of untaken holidays in front of a Public Accounts Committee
And if O’Shea is appointed Kenny’s permanent successor this week, then the two processes will be uncanny mirror images of each other. Now, maybe Canham, who firmly suggested that O’Shea was but a filler-in, has had a diamond of an appointment up his sleeve all along, and for one reason or another just hasn’t been able to unveil him just yet.
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