Organisation: Schoolboys FAI

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

DDSL chairman Paddy Dempsey. Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

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DDSL perform U-turn after FAI rebuke

Intervention by the FAI’s top interim executives, Gary Owens and Niall Quinn, has triggered a U-turn on controversial changes planned by the largest schoolboy league in the country.

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Reconvened FAI AGM: The dominant mood was sober despite flashes of anger and passion

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New FAI board to have its first female director

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Shane Ross: FAI sought €10m bailout

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The importance of being earnest: Delaney protected his loyalists and dispensed with dissenters.

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Cork schoolboy football over-age dispute rumbles on

Joe Corcoran: The man who made dreams happen

Joe Corcoran used to like to be known as a mere postman with a passion for football but he was so much more.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2015

FAI pays tribute to stalwart Tim Fitzgerald

The FAI last night paid tribute to board member Tim Fitzgerald who passed away at the Mercy Hospital in Cork after a recent battle with illness.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

Underage leagues may switch to summer season

Summer soccer may well become the norm in Ireland as the FAI are proposing to switch all underage leagues from the traditional season in 2016.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2014

Dokter to act as Irish condition critical

Quite why it takes a crisis at senior international level to trigger calls for an overhaul of a grassroots system that has for years been dysfunctional must be unique to Ireland.

Wed, 11 Sep, 2013

Compo plan approved

THE FAI yesterday passed a rule allowing for the introduction of a controversial compensation scheme for the training of future professional players in Ireland.

Sat, 08 Dec, 2007

FAI unveils transfer compensation system

The FAI will introduce a compensation system for domestic football on December 1 after brokering an agreement between eircom League clubs and the Schoolboys FAI.

Fri, 17 Aug, 2007