FAI to consider financial proposalsDirectors of the Football Association of Ireland look set to be presented with two very different interpretations of yesterday…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
St Patrick's launch a fighting comebackIt was spectacular stuff and if Bohemians or even St Patrick's themselves do manage to dislodge Dermot Keely's side from the …Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
FAI to hear Government offer on stadium todayLeading representatives of the FAI will hear this morning what is on the table if they drop plans for their own stadium and opt…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
National LeagueThe need for Finn Harps to win is becoming more urgent and while the recent scoring record of tonight's opponents hardly augers…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Danes without SchmeichelThe naming by Morten Olsen yesterday of his 18-man Denmark squad for next week's friendly in Dublin was overshadowed slightly…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
A rejuvenated Bohemians could force popular finaleRoddy Collins, of course, had less reason to be concerned than his opposite number at Belfield on SundayTue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Crowe handed a hat-trickAs the happy crowd cleared Belfield Park yesterday, so too - rather more slowly - did the faint air of disbelief amongst those…Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Harps leave it behind themThat Finn Harps were well worth the single point they took home from Dublin last night will scarcely console Jonathan Speak or…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Carr could miss rest of season as injury returnsTottenham Hotspur defender Stephen Carr looks certain to miss the friendly game against Denmark and could be a serious doubt …Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Keeping the dream of an FAI stadium barely alive`As a stadium architect", Rod Sheard told journalist and author Simon Inglis a year or so ago, "my chief role is to build dreams…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
McCarthy expands his back-up planThe return of Wimbledon's Kenny Cunningham and call up of Tottenham's inform summer signing Gary Doherty for this month's friendly…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Timing of appeal crucial for FAIThe FAI have insisted they expect the oral hearing on Eircom Park at An Bord Pleanala to be held at the end of March rather than…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Bray must learn lesson from bitter cup defeatIt's not hard to imagine what the atmosphere is like in Bray this week as Pat Devlin's players prepare for the visit of Derry…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Stadium's fate now in hands of developersAfter yet another marathon meeting of the FAI's board of management, the fate of Eircom Park now appears to be firmly in the …Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Draw gives no cause for complaintOn the face of it this was an opportunity missed for Stephen O'Brien's Longford Town sideMon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Rovers know what they face but not whoWith all but two third-round ties yet to be decided, last night's FAI Cup quarter-final draw failed to produce a single tie of…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Waterford earn second bite after real thrillerTo look at them throwing themselves headlong into one of the most exciting ties this year's Harps Lager FAI Cup is likely to …Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Bohemians win round two as wellAfterwards it was almost amusing to reflect on how we had thought there had been bad blood between these two clubs before last…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Galway lose Grant to ShelbourneCost-cutting measures aimed at preventing potentially serious financial difficulties developing at Galway United were blamed …Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Cup game could be defining momentSometimes you just call it wrong and as the handful of journalists covering Sunday's run-of-the-mill encounter between UCD and…Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Cork City manager set to goCork City officials are expected to issue a statement this morning confirming the departure of manager Derek Mountfield just …Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Kilkenny fail to take chances"It wasn't so much a six as a nine pointer," Kilkenny City assistant manager Billy Walsh said after seeing the league's bottom…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
Foran makes amends for past sins with double strikeThe villain on Tuesday when he was sent off for the fourth time this season, Richie Foran turned hero at Tolka Park last night…Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Determined UCD discover that spirit is not enoughIt's not over yet but having lost by two goals to a St Patrick's side that has been on a more or less consistently upward curve…Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
FAI plans meeting to keep park on trackThe Football Association of Ireland's negotiating team will meet representatives of Davy Hickey Properties by the end of this…Wed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
FAI battlelines are still drawnThe leading critics of the FAI's Eircom Park scheme were claiming vindication last night after a meeting of the association's…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Players leave, deal or no dealIt was easy to see just how angry many of the home side's supporters were at Turner's Cross on SundayTue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
FAI seeks new investors as cost of Eircom Park rises to £130mThe Football Association of Ireland last night nominated a four-member negotiating team to open talks with potential investors…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Shelbourne happy with point after late scaresJudged on this game, Cork City are no closer to conceding that the season holds nothing for them than their visitors are of considering…Mon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Bray settle for a well earned pointIt wasn't quite a win over one of the main title contenders, but then these days Bray fans are getting a little bit spoiled with…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
FAI's project plans strongly criticisedAn independent consultant, who specialises in advising sports organisations on how to maximise revenue, has strongly criticised…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
O'Byrne insists the figures are positiveFAI chief executive Bernard O'Byrne has insisted the Eircom Park project is "stronger now than it has ever been" after most of…Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:00
UEFA Cup spot seems beyond CorkThe National League Premier Division game between Finn Harps and Bohemians, which had been refixed for this evening after being…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
UCD search for a change of fortuneGiven the form of the sides involved it wouldn't seem unreasonable for Pat Dolan to be aiming to put the Eircom-sponsored League…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
City limits fail to halt Town's progressThe celebrations around the Longford bench at the end suggested that even Stephen Kenny's side were surprised by their latest…Mon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
New costings but future of Eircom Park still in doubtThe future of Eircom Park will be decided on January 26th rather than the 22nd after yesterday's meeting of the FAI's Board of…Sat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
New post looks demandingThe trawl for National League football's new chief administrator gets under the way over the next couple of days when advertisements…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Bray get chance of revengeAfter a lacklustre second round, the Harp Lager FAI Cup promised to spring into life last night when the draw for the last 16…Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Romance and the Cup might soon spell D-I-V-O-R-C-ESo, it's official then. Romance and the cup have gone their separate ways. Irrevocable differences, it seemsTue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Doolin retains his old appetiteThe standard joke before this game was that Monaghan's management team of Shelbourne old-boys, Bobby Browne and Garry Howlett…Mon Jan 08 2001 - 00:00
Longford strike at the final whistleBefore this game got under way City manager Derek Mountfield would surely have been the happier of the two managers had they …Mon Jan 08 2001 - 00:00
