Eileen Gleeson appointment makes sense despite U-turn

News of Eileen Gleeson being elevated to the senior women’s job should be a positive news story but is again tainted by chicanery and evasiveness.

Ireland new permanent Head Coach Eileen Gleeson.

This festive period has seen the FAI subjected to questioning on the trust levels and timing of certain sequences.

Last Wednesday’s visit to the Oireachtas culminated in senior figures being accused of concocting a cock and bull story and lacking credibility when it came to laying out facts.