Muller confirms plan to centralise

IRELAND senior women’s coach Gene Muller has finally confirmed plans to centralise the team to Dublin from this October will go ahead.

News of the plans were revealed in this newspaper in February, and have drawn criticism from high-profile figures within the game.

However, Muller last night publicly revealed for the first time that he will press ahead with the plan. An elite group of players will be based full-time in Dublin for 10 months, in a bid to secure qualification for the 2012 Olympics in London.