Crisis talks on hold as FAI close to naming manager

THE FAI board of management’s crisis meeting on Mick McCarthy’s controversial bonus payment was last night adjourned for two weeks as the association moved closer to announcing his successor.

McCarthy’s replacement, thought to be Brian Kerr, is expected to be ratified at a private meeting on Monday after a contract is negotiated with the former technical director this weekend.

Kerr, whose U-20 team were successful in a four-nation invitational tournament in the United Arab Emirates this week, returned to Dublin yesterday.