Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has admitted he may rest some of his senior stars for the friendly against Serbia in March in order to inject fresh blood into the squad.

On Friday night, at the Arklow Bay Hotel, the FAI were handing out media awards, but just the following morning in the same venue, they were warding off attempts by journalists to question chief executive John Delaney.

The FAI could be facing further payouts to disgruntled former employees after Packie Bonner’s ex-personal assistant settled her case for unfair dismissal.