Irish football not getting fair share of funding compared to GAA, argues outgoing FAI chief 

Roy Barrett says the game here needs huge investment over the coming year.

POLITICAL FOOTBLL: Roy Barrett is stepping down to facilitate the FAI’s government-set obligations of meeting their 40% female quota of board members by the end of 2023. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Outgoing FAI Chairman Roy Barrett has hit out at the shortage of Government assistance to football, citing unfairness in the GAA receiving almost quadruple the amount of state aid.

Barrett, appointed as the FAI’s first independent chair amid the fallout of the financial and governance crisis of 2019, will depart this year once his successor is sourced by the FAI nominations.