Emma Byrne trusts FAI will get Ireland managerial appointment right 

'It's a massive job and I don't know anyone who wouldn't want it, to be honest. I think the FAI could get who they want and I know people are interested in it.'

ATTRACTIVE JOB: Senior women’s player Stacey Paul alongside Emma Byrne and John O'Shea at the launch of Cadbury's Grounds for Change initiative at grassroots club Douglas Hall AFC in Cork. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The person who started the women’s team revolution was an ideal recruit to maintain its evolution.

Emma Byrne doesn’t know whether her tenancy on the backroom staff will extend beyond the interim but at least she’s now on the inside witnessing what awaits the next permanent manager.