When the FAI and Sport Ireland published the report of their jointly appointed Governance Reform Group back in June, one of its 78 recommendations flew very much under the radar; namely, the inclusion of two seats for supporter representatives on an expanded FAI Council.

With all new year resolutions parked and maybe some broken at this early stage, I noticed a few sporting suggestions and commitments for the future in the 2019 list of to dos. All positive in presentation and thought, but practical in results?

John Caulfield has reminded his players that “everything is up for grabs for the FAI Cup final” as the Aviva Stadium showpiece looms large over the rest of the club’s season, while a financial quandary lies just over the horizon.

League of Ireland leaders, Cork City, are being cheered on for making their home games more inclusive.

Double league and FAI Cup champions, Cork City, will be among the best kitted out teams in domestic football next season.

John Caulfield has been honoured as Cork Person of the Month for November after his Cork City side raised the League of Ireland and FAI Cup trophies.

John Caulfield has pledged his future to Cork City for the next two seasons after last night confirming a new deal with the club.

Runaway League of Ireland leaders Cork City are to host a series of roadshows across the county to highlight the benefits of becoming a member of the supporters’ trust that owns the club.

When Cork City meet Derry City tonight, it will be the latest chapter of two clubs whose fortunes have travelled along parallel lines.

Cork City FC last night paid tribute to legendary fan Noelle Feeney, who died yesterday, by making her a permanent honorary trustee.

A €9m FAI football centre of excellence planned for Cork has been earmarked as a training camp for teams involved in Euro 2020.

With the sun blazing down on a splendid looking Turner’s Cross for yesterday evening’s international between the Republic of Ireland and Belarus, one couldn’t help but feel not only pride in being Irish, but pride in being from Cork.

Cork City FC and its fans have welcomed councillors’ decision to rezone land for a €10m FAI project which will provide a centre of excellence for young players throughout Munster.

Cork City manager John Caulfield has expressed his delight at receiving the backing of the club with a new two-year contract.

Cork County Council has agreed to lease 30 acres of its land to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for a €10m regional centre of soccer excellence in Glanmire.

Planning permission is expected to be lodged in September for a €10m FAI regional centre for soccer excellence in Co Cork.

The FAI is planning to build a €10m centre for soccer excellence on the outskirts of Cork which will complement its national training centre in Abbotstown.

Please allow me to acknowledge the tremendous achievement, both on and off the field, by Cork City FC. 

Cork City and Dundalk fans are scrambling for tickets to next Friday’s SSE Airtricity League decider at Oriel Park.

Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers? That was the dilemma facing current Cork City midfielder Gearóid ‘Chops’ Morrissey back in 2008.

Fran Gavin, the director of the SSE Airtricity League, has challenged the new female soccer entity in Cork — and their male counterparts — to reach the Champions League in the coming years.

When Shamrock Rovers and Cork City meet it always stirs an interest.

New Galway FC manager Tommy Dunne says the prospect of building a club from the ground up is what attracted him to take the reins at Eamonn Deacy Park.

We’re all familiar with the image: disgruntled supporters massed on the pitch, chanting ‘Sack the board’. But what happens when the fans become the board?

John O’Sullivan was standing guard beside the First Division trophy as the launch of the Airtricity League 2013 season drew to a close in the Aviva Stadium yesterday.

A primary school board has been sacked by its patron for enrolling an extra infant class last September without approval.

Cork City last night announced Jonathan O’Brien has stepped down from his position as club chairman to be replaced by Michael Ring.

CORK CITY manager Tommy Dunne has signed a new three-year contract with the club.

TWO groups involved in the country’s growing number of gaelscoileanna have rejected the report on future primary school provision, claiming it blocks children’s chances of an all-Irish education.

THE WIND blowing through Queens is wreaking havoc for the New York Mets fans at the concession stands behind centre-field.

LAST week’s narrow defeat to Waterford may mean that promotion will prove a bridge too far for Cork City FORAS this year, but the FAI Ford Cup remains a potential path to glory for the club in its first year after coming back from the dead.

The draw for the 4th round of the FAI Cup has thrown up some interesting ties with the pick of which being the meeting of Bohemians and fallen giants Shelbourne.

WITH Bohemians distracted by Setanta Cup duties this weekend, joint-leaders St Patrick’s Athletic have a chance to go clear at the top of the Airtricity League this evening.

After picking up their second away point of the season last weekend, Cork City FORAS Co-op will go in search of victory against Mervue United tomorrow night (Turner’s Cross, 7.45pm).

First Division table toppers Waterford United make the first of their back-to-back trips to Galway this weekend when they travel to Drom to take on Salthill Devon for the first time ever.

THE consortium which had wanted to buy Cork City before the club was wound up after failing to get a League of Ireland license has confirmed that it will not be investing in Cork City FORAS Co-op.

FOOTBALL on Leeside could be about to get its good name back.

The draw for the first three rounds of the 2010 EA Sports Cup was made today.

NOTHING could more perfectly encapsulate the literal fall-out from a crisis-hit winter for the domestic game than the meeting tonight of two of last season’s Premier Division top four – only this time it will take place in the First Division of the newly named Airtricity League.

Cillian Lordan is the latest signing for Cork City FORAS Co-op, and has been appointed club captain by manager Tommy Dunne.