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Emma Duffy Reports from Aviva Stadium. FAI DIRECTOR OF Football Marc Canham insists he did not mislead former WNT assistant coach Colin Healy with assurances that he would remain at the Association.
Healy believes the FAI lacks “transparency and compassion,” and now intends to lodge a formal complaint to the Association’s director of people and culture over his treatment as an employee. Advertisement “Colin was an employee, like any employee we don’t get into talking about details publicly. That’s their decision to speak publicly. In our conversations we were very clear that we’d do a review at the end of the campaign and that would inform our decision to go to the board to seek approval. That was communicated all the way through.
“That is a misunderstanding by Colin. We could not have been clearer that his contract had concluded. The belief I had was that he had a genuine opportunity elsewhere, and while he could have sat back and waited to see what head coach was appointed and take his chances, if he’d be appointed as a No. 2, I expressed that I would understand if he did take another opportunity as there was a risk for him.
“That is something for us to reflect on,” Canham said. “We wanted the press release to be clear on Eileen at the time. She was the priority as the head coach. Maybe if we had our time back we could have created that clarity but we had to make the difficult decision not to renew Colin. As David said, it was a purely football decision.
Canham took no issue with players having their say publicly, with Denise O’Sullivan and Caitlin Hayes among those to criticise the FAI in the wake of Healy’s exit.
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