FAI ditch home-based sessions in favour of developing U23 team, confirms Eileen Gleeson

HOME-BASED SESSIONS DITCHED: Republic of Ireland head coach Eileen Gleeson during a training session. Photo credit: Damien Eagers/PA Wire.

Ireland manager Eileen Gleeson has revealed that the FAI have ditched their home-based sessions in favour of a planned programme towards developing an U23 team.

Colin Bell launched regular midweek sessions for women’s national league players after he took charge in 2017, an initiative his successor Vera Pauw maintained to a lesser extent but they haven’t featured during Gleeson’s 10-month reign.