Kilbane welcome addition to FAI coaching team

Former Ireland international Kevin Kilbane is in advanced negotiations with the FAI about taking up a coaching role with the Ireland’s youth teams.

The 37-year-old, capped 110 times before retiring in 2012, is expected to assist underage international managers Tom Mohan and Paul Doolin with coaching duties for the U17 and U18 squads.

Kilbane has made public his desire to progress into management, illustrated by the time he’d expended on gaining coaching qualifications. It was while working to attain his Pro License badge, the highest grade under Uefa’s syllabus, that Kilbane met with the FAI’s High Performance Director Ruud Dokter in Nyon a fortnight ago.