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FAI suspend Covid testing with immediate effect
FAI suspend Covid testing with immediate effect
Testing for COVID-19 on players and staff from four SSE Airtricity League clubs will stop.

Sat, 20 Jun, 2020

Stephen Kenny hails James McCarthy as an 'exceptional talent'
Stephen Kenny hails James McCarthy as an 'exceptional talent'
Now that his injury woes appear to be firmly behind him, a return from the international wilderness is on the cards for midfielder James McCarthy under Stephen Kenny.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

IRFU expect some coronavirus cases once provinces return to training
IRFU expect some coronavirus cases once provinces return to training
The IRFU's chief medical officer is anticipating a “small number of Covid-19 cases” among the four provincial professional squads, their coaches, and support staff as they return to training in the coming weeks.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Ireland’s Euro 2020 play-off against Slovakia fixed for October 8
Ireland’s Euro 2020 play-off against Slovakia fixed for October 8
Irish clubs have also learned the dates for their European qualifiers.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Cork City doing their 'utmost' for league return
Cork City doing their 'utmost' for league return
As negotiations between the FAI and the clubs resume today in a bid make progress on a plan for the resumption of the League of Ireland, Cork City chairman Declan Carey says the club is doing its utmost to get back playing and would only consider non-participation this season as a last resort.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

IRFU begins coronavirus tests ahead of provinces' return to training
IRFU begins coronavirus tests ahead of provinces' return to training
The IRFU is to begin Covid-19 testing for Munster and Leinster players and members of their support staff ahead of their planned return to training in Limerick and Dublin next Monday.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

League of Ireland teams return fourth round of negative coronavirus tests
League of Ireland teams return fourth round of negative coronavirus tests
Players and staff at Bohemians have again tested negative for Covid-19, completing the fourth round of all negative tests for the League of Ireland’s European-qualified teams.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

FAI look to get league restart plan back on track as club talks rescheduled
FAI look to get league restart plan back on track as club talks rescheduled
After running into obstacles over the last few days, talks involving the FAI, clubs and players will resume this week in an effort to reach agreement on a deal to allow for the resumption of the League of Ireland behind closed doors.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

LOI clubs to consider FAI’s package for restarting season
LOI clubs to consider FAI’s package for restarting season
A financial package for a return to football is on offer from the FAI. League of Ireland representatives are due to speak with the Abbotstown hierarchy again on Monday.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

Top four asked to contribute European cash to League of Ireland fund
Top four asked to contribute European cash to League of Ireland fund
A return of the League of Ireland remains in doubt after it emerged yesterday that the FAI’s financial package, believed to total €1.7m, included as well as scheduled Uefa solidarity payments, a proposal that last year’s top four finishers — Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Derry — would contribute €100,000 each from their European prize money.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

League of Ireland clubs eager to see rescue plan from FAI
League of Ireland clubs eager to see rescue plan from FAI
Clubs are today expecting to finally learn the details of the financial package which the FAI have been working on to help facilitate the possible return of the League of Ireland.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2020

Derry, Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers' players return negative Covid-19 results in third round of testing
Derry, Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers' players return negative Covid-19 results in third round of testing
All testing so far on the four European-qualified SSE Airtricity League clubs has produced negative results, as they continue their preparations for a four-team tournament scheduled for next month.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Cork City stick to training plan and will return at end of June
Cork City stick to training plan and will return at end of June
Cork City won’t be taking advantage of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions to return to training on Monday.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Four LOI clubs to officially go back training on Monday
Four LOI clubs to officially go back training on Monday
Four League of Ireland clubs will officially return to training in groups of 10 from Monday after the Government announced an acceleration of their Covid-19 lockdown easing.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

Olympic hopefuls, footballers, and rugby pros given nod to return to training
Olympic hopefuls, footballers, and rugby pros given nod to return to training
Ireland's Olympic hopefuls are back in business.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

Over half of Irish horse racing fixtures lost to coronavirus lockdown will be saved
Over half of Irish horse racing fixtures lost to coronavirus lockdown will be saved
More than half of the fixtures lost while Irish racing was in lockdown due to Covid-19 will be saved, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) revealed today as they published a new schedule for August through to December.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

FAI row: 'The GAA wouldn’t get away with being run by people without knowledge of the sport'
FAI row: 'The GAA wouldn’t get away with being run by people without knowledge of the sport'
FAI council member John O’Regan has echoed the concerns of colleague Nixon Morton by insisting only intervention by Fifa will prevent civil war erupting at committee level.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

Stephen Kenny makes three appointments to Ireland backroom team
Stephen Kenny makes three appointments to Ireland backroom team
Dundalk boss Vinny Perth has confirmed that his assistant Ruaidhri Higgins has left the club to take up a role with Ireland manager Stephen Kenny's backroom team.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Jack Byrne happy with precautions as League of Ireland players undergo Covid-19 tests
Jack Byrne happy with precautions as League of Ireland players undergo Covid-19 tests
Byrne was among the players and staff of the four clubs due to compete in Europe this year – Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, and Bohemians – who underwent their first tests for the virus this morning.

Mon, 25 May, 2020

Waiting game continues for 'behind closed door' funding plan
Waiting game continues for 'behind closed door' funding plan
The FAI have asked League of Ireland clubs to give them more time to come back with firm proposals for the resumption of football behind closed doors.

Fri, 22 May, 2020

League of Ireland players to be tested twice a week under new FAI Covid-19 guidelines
League of Ireland players to be tested twice a week under new FAI Covid-19 guidelines
League of Ireland players will be tested twice a week for Covid-19 when they resume training.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Gary Rogers concerned Ireland’s European participants will be left trailing
Gary Rogers concerned Ireland’s European participants will be left trailing
Dundalk’s veteran goalkeeper Gary Rogers fears Ireland’s European participants will be hampered by the delay in resuming competitive domestic football.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Clubs want cash guarantees from FAI
Clubs want cash guarantees from FAI
League of Ireland clubs will demand specific information and financial guarantees from the FAI before agreeing to restart the 2020 season.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

Perth: Players can golf so why can't they play football?
Perth: Players can golf so why can't they play football?
Dundalk are pushing hard to be allowed to return to training this week despite the FAI’s recommendation that the League of Ireland’s four European representatives must wait until June 8th.

Mon, 18 May, 2020

League of Ireland Legends - Mick Leech: 'You won't like him, all he does is score goals'
League of Ireland Legends - Mick Leech: 'You won't like him, all he does is score goals'
In the first of a new series on League of Ireland Legends, the great striker MICK LEECH recalls days of glory and controversy with Shamrock Rovers, a memorable encounter with Norman Hunter and how he almost scored for Ireland against Jose Mourinho's Da.

Fri, 15 May, 2020

Celebrations on hold as Aviva looks ahead to a new normal
Celebrations on hold as Aviva looks ahead to a new normal
Just waiting for the green light, stadium director Martin Murphy says the Aviva is ready to go for the return to sport behind closed doors this summer.

Fri, 15 May, 2020

Derry City back All-Island League proposal as 'seminal moment'
Derry City back All-Island League proposal as 'seminal moment'
Derry have cited the uncertainty around Irish football’s feasibility caused by the Covid-19 pandemic as exposing the “fragility of the present model”.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

League of Ireland top-four tournament in the offing
League of Ireland top-four tournament in the offing
A mini-tournament involving last season’s top four clubs is being considered to help prepare them for European competition but it looks increasingly unlikely that the League of Ireland proper will return before September at the earliest.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Browne looking forward to Ireland under Kenny
Browne looking forward to Ireland under Kenny
Preston and Ireland midfielder Alan Browne has said that while it was a disappointment to see Mick McCarthy step down as Ireland manager, he is looking forward to working under Stephen Kenny.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Niall Quinn: All LOI games could be played at one venue
Niall Quinn: All LOI games could be played at one venue
Niall Quinn has said that centralising the hosting of League of Ireland games in a single venue is one of the proposals being considered as a means to allow domestic football to safely resume behind closed doors.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Coronavirus Solidarity Diary: ‘Voices of the Frontline’ highlights essential work of frontline workers
Coronavirus Solidarity Diary: ‘Voices of the Frontline’ highlights essential work of frontline workers
Welcome to Chapter Seven of the Irish Examiner's #CoronavirusSolidarity diary.

Sat, 02 May, 2020

'Football without fans is nothing': Cork City chairman expresses reservations about games behind closed doors
'Football without fans is nothing': Cork City chairman expresses reservations about games behind closed doors
Cork City chairman Declan Carey has expressed serious reservations about proposals to play football behind closed doors, as it appears a majority of League of Ireland clubs are now against the idea.

Fri, 01 May, 2020

US interest but League of Ireland needs Fifa cash boost
US interest but League of Ireland needs Fifa cash boost
A US-based firm has expressed an interest in live-streaming League of Ireland fixtures but it will take a mammoth financial contribution from Fifa for the 2020 season to resume behind closed doors.

Wed, 29 Apr, 2020

UnCorked: John Caulfield’s best of the rest
UnCorked: John Caulfield’s best of the rest
Cork City legend JOHN CAULFIELD looks beyond Turner’s Cross to select a stellar XI, plus gaffer, from the very best he has encountered as a player and manager in the League of Ireland. Referee: LIAM MACKEY

Mon, 27 Apr, 2020

Keith Ward's ‘up and down’ relationship with Stephen Kenny
Keith Ward's ‘up and down’ relationship with Stephen Kenny
Keith Ward, as adept at retailing a good yarn as he is at delivering a through ball, is recalling his “up and down” relationship with Stephen Kenny when the then Dundalk manager was kicking off his Oriel Park revolution and Ward was part — but, as it turned out, not a big part — of a glorious era in the making.

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

FAI meeting to discuss bleak Harris outlook
FAI meeting to discuss bleak Harris outlook
A meeting today of the FAI’s steering committee on the Covid-19 will discuss the health minister’s grim outlook on sport.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2020

Stephen Kenny sends Ireland kitmen packing
Stephen Kenny sends Ireland kitmen packing
New Ireland senior boss Stephen Kenny has continued ringing the changes on the backroom staff by dispensing with kitman duo Dick Redmond and Mick Lawlor.

Fri, 17 Apr, 2020

League of Ireland wrap: Working group revived; Shamrock Rovers implement pay cuts
League of Ireland wrap: Working group revived; Shamrock Rovers implement pay cuts
A working group to create a vision for the future of League of Ireland football has been revived.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

Dundalk boss disappointed in manner of FAI approach to Higgins
Dundalk boss disappointed in manner of FAI approach to Higgins
Dundalk boss Vinny Perth has hit out at the FAI over the manner of their approach for his assistant Ruaidhri Higgins.

Wed, 15 Apr, 2020

James McClean issues studs-up response to Hunt and Breen over Stephen Kenny comments
James McClean issues studs-up response to Hunt and Breen over Stephen Kenny comments
“Stephen Hunt is best known for his clash with Petr Cech, so for him to give his opinion on Stephen is a joke."

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

Stephen Kenny: Talkin' 'bout a revolution
Stephen Kenny: Talkin' 'bout a revolution
IT’S hardly an exaggeration to suggest that, such is the reputation for ambitious and adventurous football which he has carved out at the helm of Dundalk and the U21s, when many people look at Stephen Kenny they don’t just see the latest Ireland manager, they see someone who is about to revolutionise Irish football.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

Stephen doesn’t have a magic wand, warns Brady
Stephen doesn’t have a magic wand, warns Brady
Ireland legend Liam Brady feels Stephen Kenny deserves to manage his country but stresses he doesn’t have a magic wand to overhaul a limited team.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

John Caulfield: You know what you’ll get with Stephen Kenny
John Caulfield: You know what you’ll get with Stephen Kenny
John Caulfield thinks it's a great time for Stephen Kenny to be taking over the national team.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

‘Stephen Kenny doesn’t set the bar at being average’
‘Stephen Kenny doesn’t set the bar at being average’
Dundalk goalkeeper Gary Rogers has backed old boss Stephen Kenny to be a huge success as Republic of Ireland manager.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

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