Niall Quinn insists the Football Association of Ireland won’t decide on Mick McCarthy’s future until after the Euro play-off in June.

New FAI deputy chief executive Niall Quinn has refused to dismiss the prospect of Roy Keane returning to work for the organisation.

But while that has left some other voices in the game worrying that their constituencies could be left behind, the FAI’s new Interim Deputy CEO insists they have nothing to fear.

A frank FAI board meeting on Tuesday is expected after sports minister Shane Ross confirmed he wants a clearout of veteran council members by July.

From Lansdowne Road to Wembley and from Palermo to Ibaraki, Niall Quinn enjoyed plenty of euphoric moments in the green shirt.

Latest: The Government has denied bailing out the Football Association of Ireland after announcing it is to give the organisation an interest-free €2.5m annual loan.

Newly elected FAI president Gerry McAnaney believes that, in contrast to false dawns in the past, a genuinely transformed Association can emerge from the worst crisis in its history.

Thirty years after he emerged on the world stage at Italia 90 as ‘The Mighty Quinn’, the big man is being asked to lead Irish football from the front again.

Sports Minister Shane Ross has given the strongest indication yet that the government and Uefa are willing to jointly bail out the FAI from their parlous €60m-plus debt.

UEFA and Minister for Sport Shane Ross both issued upbeat appraisals of their meeting in Leinster House today but further crunch talks are still required – not least with the Bank of Ireland – to ensure the FAI’s remains afloat.

Ireland legend Packie Bonner has said that admits he would be open to working at making a comeback to the crisis-hit FAI again.

In the depths of Irish football’s winter of discontent, Niall Quinn allowed himself to briefly dream of a glorious summer.

Shane Ross has described his first meeting with the board’s newly appointed chairman and directors as “an encouraging and, frankly, warm discussion.”

Sports Minister Shane Ross has welcomed the appointment of three new independent directors of the Football Association of Ireland - but warned that the development does not mean the immediate restoration of government funding to the crisis-hit sporting body.

"If there's a role I can be used in, in a capacity that somehow bring trusts and capability from all of the stakeholders... I would gladly do it."

Minister for Sport Shane Ross, has welcomed the appointment of a new independent chairman and independent directors of the FAI, describing it is “a new chapter.”

Minister for Sport Shane Ross has tonight welcomed the appointment of Independent directors to the board of the FAI.

The FAI have announced the appointment of Roy Barrett, the MD of Goodbody Stockbrokers, as their new Independent Chairman.

After talking a lot over the past 18 months about his grand vision to overhaul Irish football, Niall Quinn has put his plans into print for the FAI’s governance review committee to digest.

THE successful rebuilding of Ireland’s property sector could create up to 80,000 jobs by 2015, according to economist Jim Power.

GOODBODY Stockbrokers laid off 25 staff yesterday on the first full day of ownership by Fexco.

THE €24 million sale of Allied Irish Bank’s stockbroking unit, Goodbody Holdings Ltd, is expected to be completed in the coming weeks after the Central Bank approved the transaction.

FEXCO is to purchase AIB’s stockbroking arm, Goodbody, for €24 million in an intricate deal which will see senior management at the brokerage get a 25% stake in the firm and as many as 55 staff lose their jobs.

A LEGAL action by multimillionaire stockbroker Bruce Ashmore against his former employer, Goodbody Stockbrokers, and the financial regulator was settled at the High Court yesterday.

A HIGH-FLYING stockbroker quit a top firm because it ignored the aggressive bullying and intimidation he suffered from a colleague and long-standing friend, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

A high-flying stockbroker quit a top firm because it ignored the aggressive bullying and intimidation he suffered from a colleague and long-standing friend, an employment tribunal heard today.