James McClean backs Girls in Green

James McClean has become the first of the current men’s international team to go public with his backing for the senior women’s side in their dispute with the FAI.

In a Facebook post, the West Brom man said: “I think personally this treatment is wrong…(they are) not outrageous demands…it’s (the) standard and bare minimum of what should be included anyway at international level. Playing for your country is the pinnacle in football terms, you shouldn’t be made to feel like this…”

Mediated talks between the Irish Senior Women’s squad, their representatives and the FAI were continuing late into last night in a bid to resolve the dispute over pay and working conditions and avert a boycott of next Monday’s friendly against Slovakia.