FAI deny special treatment for stars on coaching course

The FAI have insisted they play no favourites when it comes to the selection process for its elite Uefa Pro Licence coaching course, whose participants this year include such household names as Robbie Keane, Damien Duff, and Jim McGuinness.

“The reality is a lot of people on social media will jump into it because of the coincidence that you have Robbie going into the senior team and now on the pro licence,” says the FAI coach education manager Niall O’Regan.