Ross anticipates 'fresh constructive dialogue' with new-look FAI

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

Earlier, the FAI had announced the appointment of Roy Barrett, the MD of Goodbody Stockbrokers, as their new Independent Chairman. Catherine Guy, CEO of Autolease Fleet Management Limited (Sixt Leasing), and Liz Joyce, HR Director at the Central Bank, have also joined the Board as Independent Directors with, according to the Association, a fourth independent director to be appointed in the coming weeks.