John Fallon: FAI losing  affection battle, gender balance countdown, Celtic for Páirc?

The nation’s most decorated manager publicly at loggerheads with the national team manager doesn’t reflect well on the FAI.

Eileen Gleeson with Colin Healy and Katie McCabe before a Republic of Ireland women's training session at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Better together was the theme around Sunday’s spectacle in front of a record League of Ireland attendance, until Stephen Bradley went off-script to slate the FAI.

This was billed at a collective effort; enmity between Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers that extends to boardroom level set aside, allied to the governing body opening the doors of the national stadium in the opening weekend.