Setback for FAI after EGM failure

The FAI say this EGM was called after the failure of their football pillars to nominate sufficient female candidates to enable it to meet the target set by the government to have a 40% female presence on their board.

ANOTHER EGM: The FAI will have to call another emergency general meeting after their resolution to expand board to 14 for gender balance purposes but with equal split of football and independents didn’t reach the required 75% to be carried. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

The FAI will have to call another emergency general meeting after their resolution to expand board to 14 for gender balance purposes but with equal split of football and independents didn’t reach the required 75% to be carried.

After a robust debate over 90 minutes at a virtual EGM that was delayed starting, members of the General Assembly voted 76 for and 38 against in a secret ballot.