Former Republic of Ireland women's manager Vera Pauw claims the FAI executive undermined her authority ahead of and during the World Cup.
Pauw was informed, following a board meeting on Tuesday night, that her contract with the FAI would not be renewed.
The review of the World Cup sought input from players, staff and Pauw herself.
Speaking exclusively to RTÉ, Pauw also said she turned down two job offers as she believed she'd be staying on as Ireland manager.
She accused FAI executives of undermining her role as manager by speaking to staff members and players regarding their roles in the team before and after the tournament in Australia.
"That review was done by the technical director," said Pauw. "He's not trained to make reviews and he was part of the process, so the assignment on the technical director is something that...to do a review, immediately starting, while still in camp after the Nigeria game, is something you cannot reflect.
"The evaluation has not been done, and he started with my assistant. First my assistant, then the communications manager, and I came in as the third person.
"I felt immediately that my assistant had set the benchmark with things that were absolutely ridiculous. For example he said there was no communication, we did not discuss things. Every morning we had a staff meeting and every single detail of my task was discussed, from the setup of the training sessions to the game plan, the strategies."
Pauw says her views were often disregarded and not respected and that no head coach in the world would accept such interference.
She accused the FAI executive, led by CEO Jonathan Hill, of reneging on a promised contract offer, claiming that she was told that an offer for a new contract would be made before the squad flew to Australia ahead of the tournament.
Pauw says that trust broke down between her and senior figures at the FAI and that she offered the FAI a way out by concluding that the America report into her time in charge of Houston Dash based on anonymous allegations had a major influence and that those issues would not disappear. She continues to vigorously deny allegations of excessive control over her players during her time there.
"Now all the places are occupied, and I have said no to two offers - one was better than the other but I've said no because I was with Ireland and I would keep going." - Vera Pauw
"The management could have said, 'listen we know what's going on, we heard the background, in December we have decided that this we know, Vera, we back her, there's no differences so we just go on because we know it is not true'," Pauw added.
"If you don’t want that then I understand but just say no to me and say it before we leave for Australia. I am a professional, I will give my all but then it’s clear and everybody will know what’s going on. I would have accepted and understood it.
"I said, 'Can we conclude that this article has brought attention into that squad that we did not overcome? At first management said, 'yes', and then they thought 'no, no no, no'. I said, 'because of false accusations'.
"And then it was said, 'false? Do we actually have a garda vetting of you Vera?' I fell off my chair, because I don't know why he said it. If you get a report about one of your employees in December 2022 the first thing you do is check if you have a garda vetting. That is your job, isn’t it?"
Pauw said that being asked about whether she was garda vetted made her feel "humiliated".
RTÉ has contacted the FAI for a response but had not received one at the time of publication.
On being offered roles elsewhere, Pauw said: "I've had two offers in the process that I stopped because I was waiting for the contract. The FAI did not have social behaviour to at least take a month's notice to tell me, because that is normal HR activity isn't it? To give your employer the time to find something.
"Now all the places are occupied, and I have said no to two offers - one was better than the other but I've said no because I was with Ireland and I would keep going.
"But after it was known [she would not be staying on], within a day I have been called by AFC [Asian Football Confederation] because they are so astonished about the development of Ireland that they wanted me to teach a course in Bangkok to their tutors of Pro License and A License and to explain how we did it, what steps, what methods and so on."
Reflecting on her time in charge of the Girls in Green, she concluded: "I have made for myself the decision that I will make a huge photo album with all those memories because that is what I want to take with me, not that last month in the way it happened.
"For now it is important that people take the lessons out of it and probably think for themselves, yeah maybe she is right, maybe we should have done this in a different way and yeah indeed, indeed we would not have done it if I would have been a male coach with the experience that I have, with the knowledge that I have."
The full interview is be available to watch above, as well as on the RTÉ News app and RTÉ Sport YouTube.
