'Appalled' FAI release statement to address female players’ abuse claims

An Garda Síochána have launched a probe into one senior ex-coach related to accusations of making unwanted sexual advances

FAI people & culture director Aoife Rafferty, left, and FAI interim chief executive David Courell during an FAI media briefing held at the FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The FAI has released an official statement to address the allegations made by former female football players of inappropriate behaviour by male coaches.

On Sunday, details of the complaints were presented in the media, centring on the conduct of particular coaches in the 1990s during the all-female FÁS course in Leixlip and while on international duty for Ireland.