Delaney and Trapattoni hold 'constructive' meeting
The FAI says chief executive John Delaney held a 'constructive' meeting with Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni in Abbotstown this afternoon.
The FAI says chief executive John Delaney held a 'constructive' meeting with Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni in Abbotstown this afternoon.
The FAI has been given grants for dressing rooms and two full-sized pitches next to its Dublin headquarters.
The 14-year-old Sycerika McMahon was the dominant swimmer on day two of the National Short Course Swimming Championships at Abbotstown in Dublin.
Watch Giovanni Trapattoni's post-match press conference in Abbotstown on Tuesday.
Aisling Cooney continued her preparations for the European Short Course Championships with an impressive win in the women's 200 metres backstroke on the opening day of competition at the Irish Championships.
The draw for the 2009/10 Setanta Sports Cup was made at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown today, with the competition set to commence in late August.
The uncertainty over the future of the Setanta Sports Cup appears to have be cleared up today with the news that the draw for this year's tournament will take place on 28 July in Abbotstown.
The draws for the First and Second Rounds of the 2009 FAI Ford Cup were made at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown on Monday evening.
Drogheda United held talks with the FAI at Abbotstown today on the financial crisis at the club.
'But fair play to Mick Leech and Paddy McCaul, that wasn't all. With eight Premier clubs, six First Division and two non-league sides in the last 16, the rest of the draw wasn't half bad either.'
The Irish long course swimming championships at the National Aquatic Centre at Abbotstown in Dublin are proving to be one of the fastest in history with 20 Irish senior and junior records falling so far in the meet.
Swim Ireland are hosting an Olympic qualifying event as the four day Irish Long Course Swimming Championships got under way at the National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown this morning, writes RTÉ Sport's John Kenny.
Des Cahill reports from Abbotstown following the confirmation of Giovanni Trapattoni as manager of the Republic of Ireland.
Speculation that the FAI were poised to reveal the new Republic of Ireland manager proved to be a long way wide of the mark as officials met with Don Givens at Abbotstown.
The Football Association of Ireland's new headquarters at the National Sports Campus were officially opened this afternoon by UEFA president Michel Platini and Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism Seamus Brennan.
Swim Ireland have been given permission by FINA, swimming world governing body, to use their Long Course or 50 Metre National Championships at the National Aquatic Centre at Abbotstown next year as an Olympic qualification tournament.
The FAI has welcomed the government's decision to begin work on the first phase of the Abbotstown Sports Campus.
Dundalk Stadium has launched a campaign to become Ireland's first all weather horse racing track.
Ireland's Andrew Bree finished second in the final of the 200m Breastroke at the European Short Course Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown, west Dublin today.
Andrew Bree continues to fly the flag for Ireland at the European Short Couse Swimming Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown in Dublin.