Republic will take time to find new boss

The Football Association of Ireland today begin the process of “head-hunting” a new manager to again take the Republic of Ireland forward.

After a near five-hour meeting of the FAI’s 10-man Board of Management at a Dublin airport hotel, the decision was made not to offer Brian Kerr an extension to his contract, although with other items on the agenda, the debate on Kerr lasted just 60 minutes.