Despite another day of caustic soundbites from government officials, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) are increasingly confident that their future will be secured in the coming weeks.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out a taxpayer bailout of the Football Association of Ireland, as the FAI outlined that its liquidation is a serious possibility should such a move fail to materialise.

The FAI’s Paul Cooke has starkly outlined how perilously close to the end game he believes the embattled association really is.

Notice was given that the 2020 AGM will take place on July 25 next year in Ballybrit, Co Galway – which, given the extent of the FAI’s current crisis, felt like a major act of faith.

The Minister’s statement came after the FAI had issued a formal apology for what it termed “the mistakes of the past”.

Delegates attending today’s reconvened annual general meeting of the FAI were informed of the threat of liquidation hovering over the organisation.

The financial and governance farrago which has engulfed the Football Association of Ireland could see the country’s international teams and the League of Ireland driven out of existence.

Another day, and another battering of the FAI’s reputation — but this today's pummelling in Leinster House could prove the tipping point for its survival prospects.

The FAI’s executive lead Paul Cooke tonight refused to deny a claim by Sports Minister Shane Ross that the association have sought a bailout of over €10m.

The change of guard on the the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) board will continue in the coming weeks as Paddy Dempsey is set to replace John Earley as the schoolboys' sector delegate.

It was bad enough for Eoin Hand to observe his former employer deep in trouble last week but to see his former club sink beyond rescue this week was especially heartbreaking.

You’d almost feel sorry for Donal Conway.

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

The FAI will finally publish their 2018 accounts, revealing in full the dire financial state of the association.

It says the decision was made to facilitate the signing-off of the accounts and to ensure that the entire board can be present.

Paul Cooke, newly installed as Executive Lead – effectively now the Association’s acting CEO – gave ample warning at October’s AGM that the figures “won’t be pretty and will shock people”.

The embattled FAI have been hit by yet another blow with the news that Three Ireland will not be renewing their flagship sponsorship next year, a deal which the company says has seen it invest €30 million in Irish football over the past ten years.

The FAI have switched Vice-President Paul Cooke to a full-time position of executive lead as their search for a new CEO continues.

The FAI has been left reeling by John Foley’s decision not to take up an agreed position as interim CEO at the organisation.

FAI HQ at Abbotstown yesterday afternoon, the rain teeming down outside and, inside, a mood not a whole lot brighter than the weather, as president Donal Conway, vice president Paul Cooke, and general manager Noel Mooney sat around a table with a group of football journalists, further teasing out matters aired at an earlier press conference which had followed a meeting of the newly-convened national council.

FAI council members convening for their quarterly meeting today will be updated on the status of the 2018 annual accounts, which may not be available until December.

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Relations between the FAI and Brian Kerr have been strained further after the former Ireland manager angrily rejected an offer to become a “media watchdog” for the association.

Niall Quinn has slammed the FAI’s reform bid, claiming he’s no interest in joining the new board.

Noel Mooney has denied knowledge of the FAI’s €300,000 payment to the creator of a sponsored walk idea.

Ireland's rugby victory over the New Zealand All Blacks in November and Billy Joel's summer concert contributed to the Aviva Stadium generating an operating profit of €6.9m last year.

FAI board member John Earley is pleading with Minister Shane Ross not to punish Irish football for the mistakes of the past.

Executive recruitment agency Amrop have been tasked with selecting the independent directors for the new 12-person FAI board.

Donal Conway insists it’s not yet possible to put a final figure on the full extent of UEFA’s bail-out of the FAI, but he expects the picture to be clarified in August when an agreement between the two bodies will be signed.

Following his re-election as FAI President and the filling of eight places on a new 12-person board, Donal Conway has said that he believes stability has been returned to the embattled organisation.

Donal Conway has been re-elected as President of the Football Association of Ireland at its AGM in Co. Meath.

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 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has asked the High Court to determine if parts of documents held by the FAI auditors Deloitte are legally privileged.

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.

Against the backdrop of suspended Government funding and intense criticism from Sport Minister Shane Ross, FAI president Donal Conway has made clear the weight the organisation attaches to the views of football’s governing bodies by describing Uefa as “the absolute key relationship” for the association.

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.

FAI president Donal Conway has rowed back on initial claims that the association doesn’t have a contingency plan should the 78 recommendations put forward by the Sport Ireland/FAI Governance Review Group fail to pass at Saturday’s EGM.

Sport Ireland CEO John Treacy has laid bare the perilous financial state of the FAI with a series of troubling revelations, the most stark of which is that they are currently in discussions with Uefa about a bailout package that would ensure they can operate for the next 12 months.

The organisation responsible for the development of sport in Ireland said it cannot give assurances that the FAI is solvent, and that it would expect football’s international governing bodies to “bail out” the association if it were to go into liquidation.

Sport Ireland has said it supports Minister Shane Ross’ call for FAI president Donal Conway not to seek re-election to the board of the football association of the football association.