Donal Conway is to step down as President of the Football Association of Ireland at an EGM on January 25, 2020.

It will be an FAI AGM with more than one difference in Trim today as at least six and possibly seven new faces are elected to the board, no accounts are presented to delegates and, in a flesh and blood illustration that the crisis in Abbotstown is not just a local affair, representatives from both Fifa and Uefa will be on hand to keep an eye on proceedings.

In a few reports recently, the ‘E’ in the EGM which the FAI held last Saturday in Dunboyne was taken to mean ‘emergency’ when, according to my profound and comprehensive mastery of company law, ‘extraordinary’ is what it actually stands for.

The Minister for Sport Shane Ross has said that he cannot interfere in the independence of the FAI and cannot endorse a situation where “some of the old regime” is still in place.

FAI President Donal Conway has said he is “absolutely delighted” that delegates at today’s EGM in Dunboyne gave what he described as their “resounding” backing to proposals for comprehensive reform of the association.

Neal Horgan says the FAI must open up in order to renew trust and confidence.

The chair of the group tasked with a Governance Review of the FAI, has said its recommendations are not “an a la carte menu” and must all be collectively accepted or rejected by the association’s members.

FAI president Donal Conway has announced that his term in office could still come to an end this month, as the forthcoming Annual General Meeting at which he is due to be re-elected unopposed could yet be postponed.

A dispute between residents of a Dublin housing estate and family members of the late businessman Jim Mansfield Snr. concerning the management of the estate's common areas has come before the High Court.

Sports Minister Shane Ross has accused Donal Conway of reneging on a promise to step down from the FAI at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM after he was nominated unopposed to continue in the role of president of the association.

The FAI has invited nominations for the new president and vice-president of the Association.

Homeowners in a complex where fire safety deficiencies have been discovered will have to pay up to €50,000 per home for remedial work, the Irish Examiner has learned.

There’s life in Redmonds yet — a well-attended meeting to save the 126-year old Cork GAA club from extinction deciding that while the club’s Tower Street premises will have to be sold to clear off mounting debt, Redmonds will continue inside the whitewash in 2019.

The association representing the bulk of the country’s GPs is holding an extraordinary general meeting tomorrow against a backdrop of no engagement with the Department of Health on how it plans to roll out a doctor-led abortion service.

The chairman and the secretary of the Kerry Ladies Football executive resigned yesterday after the controversial decision to terminate the contract of minor manager Jonathan Griffin.

A family dispute over shares in a timber company has ended up in the Commercial Court.

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) will examine the position on the board of its former president, Pat Hickey, in January.

The owners of recently wound-down smartphone content supplier Zamano are considering numerous investment options, including reinventing the business through potential acquisitions as an oil and gas exploration company.

Shares in Independent News and Media (INM) rallied yesterday, after a turbulent week ended with the group announcing a deal for pension scheme members.

Chief executive Bernard O’Byrne has revealed that Basketball Ireland (BI) will stump up the €4,000 shortfall to continue a development officer programme in Cork, mired in controversy, through the rest of this year.

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The European Court of Justice will deliver its opinion this week on a challenge by shareholders of Permanent TSB against the constitutionality of legislation used by the Government to recapitalise the bank during the economic crisis.

Paddy Power-Betfair chairman Gary McGann yesterday defended the betting services group’s remuneration policy as “fair, transparent, and balanced” despite nearly a third of investors voting against it at the group’s first AGM as a merged entity.

Irish insurer FBD is eyeing a return to underwriting profits in the final months of the year as premiums continue to increase for policyholders.

Plastics and recycling company One51 has decided not to go ahead with its planned shareholder meeting next week at which it was expected a possible flotation would be discussed.

Paddy Power’s management has said it will not decide on the level of redundancies stemming from its near €7bn merger with UK rival Betfair until completion of the deal in the first quarter of 2016.

Ryanair chairman David Bonderman has told shareholders that the airline’s management has scrapped all plans to launch a trans-atlantic service, in favour of continuing its growth surge in Europe.

Shares at Dublin-based UDG Healthcare soared as it agreed to sell two units of its business to the parent company of Lloyds Pharmacy for €407.5m in a bid to reshape its structure.

The bid by Irish oil and gas exploration firm Petroceltic to prevent one of its shareholders from convening an extraordinary general meeting will be opposed, the High Court was told yesterday.

Irish oil and gas exploration firm Petroceltic is to seek a High Court injunction preventing one of its shareholders from convening an extraordinary general meeting.

Irish exploration firm Petroceltic has criticised calls for yet more company EGMs and has reiterated its view that activist investor Worldview Capital Management’s sole interest lies in eroding the company’s value to a point where it can gain control of the business for less than fair value.

Fastnet Oil & Gas has become the first Irish casualty of the sub-$50 oil price environment; opting to exit the sector in favour of investing in the healthcare/ biopharmaceutical industry.

Jenny Rispin is a player that stands out. In a fortnight that’s seen the dual star dilemma raise its ugly head again for Cork, Rispin and the Meath ladies footballers have been furrowing away under the radar ahead of today’s All-Ireland qualifier in Semple Stadium (3pm, live on TG4).

Petroceltic has ruled out holding a shareholder vote on its proposed debt financing round, which is expected to raise around $175m (€160m) by the end of this month.

The board of Irish exploration firm Petroceltic has 21 days to decide to call an EGM as requested by activist investor Worldview Capital Management.

The Government has formally accepted the IAG offer for its share in Aer Lingus after the airline’s shareholders backed guarantees around continued connectivity with Heathrow.

Canadian mining firm Almonty Industries says it has no remaining interest in Co Meath-based company Ormonde Mining now that the latter has approval to proceed with its planned partial sale of its flagship asset.

Independent News & Media (INM) is hopeful of making more acquisitions — aimed at boosting its digital capacity —in the next six months.

Three more companies within the past month have shown interest in investing in Providence Resources’ highly-rated Barryroe oil and gas field in the Celtic Sea.

CRH is continuing to work under the assumption that the merger of its European peers Holcim and Lafarge will succeed, but has maintained that a collapse of the proposed deal will not hamper its own ambitious growth plans.

Worldview Capital Management is set to formally challenge the result of yesterday’s shareholder vote that saw investors side with Dublin explorer Petroceltic in the stand-off between the two parties.

The activist investor at the centre of the ongoing board battle at Irish explorer Petroceltic is confident its push for a change to the company’s management and operational strategy will succeed this year, even if it loses the vote at next week’s shareholder meeting.