John Fallon: Outcry from FAI EGM misses the point

Down for decision in the amendment to the FAI’s constitution was enlarging their board from 12 to 14, of which six would be female — to meet the 40% proportion set by the Government.

A general view of the Football Association of Ireland Offices at the FAI National Training Centre in Abbotstown, Dublin. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

USUALLY the best method of silencing noise is by whispering the truth and for Irish football that means the FAI being gender balance compliant, by the December 31 deadline.

So frequent have FAI annual and extraordinary meetings been since their governance and financial crisis in 2019 — lurching into double-figures — that last Thursday’s latest wasn’t circled as anything extraordinary.