Conway: Uefa is FAI’s ‘absolute key relationship’

Against the backdrop of suspended Government funding and intense criticism from Sport Minister Shane Ross, FAI president Donal Conway has made clear the weight the organisation attaches to the views of football’s governing bodies by describing Uefa as “the absolute key relationship” for the association.

Speaking after a sweeping governance reform package had been given the green light at an EGM on Saturday, Conway confirmed that, as an unopposed nominee, he would be standing for re-election as president at next Saturday’s AGM, in defiance of repeated calls from Minister Ross for him to step aside.