Niall Quinn: A successful League of Ireland lifts whole game

But while that has left some other voices in the game worrying that their constituencies could be left behind, the FAI’s new Interim Deputy CEO insists they have nothing to fear.

Niall Quinn believes that all sections of Irish football would benefit from a successful League of Ireland.

One of the key conditions of the government’s rescue deal for the FAI is that the Association develops a five-year strategy for both the senior men’s and women’s national leagues, involving a commitment to appropriate funding and other resources in recognition of “their national importance to the development of Irish football.”