The FAI have promised members attending their annual general meeting in Cork today that they’ll be debt-free by 2020.
FAI CEO John Delaney has admitted that the association made a mistake on the pricing of 10-year tickets for the Aviva Stadium.
Martin O'Neill has not quite closed the door on an international comeback for Aiden McGeady and Darron Gibson.
In football, there is always a next big thing. And, in a strange way, it's probably just as well that...
Toni Kroos has hit out at his former international team-mate Mesut Ozil, after he called time his career with the national team and claimed...
Ireland have climbed two places in the latest FIFA rankings.
Preston manager Alex Neil said that Daryl Horgan was anxious to leave the club so he could keep his place in Martin O'Neill's Ireland squad.
For the Irish in Europe, it has been a year devoid of a night to remember and Cork City are the last club standing with a chance of providing it.
The Premier League kick-off is a week away but the return of the Championship means that the serious work resumes for the bulk of Martin O'Neill's squad this weekend.
Remember the name Jessie Stapleton.
Sean Maguire is set to miss out on Ireland's September double header with Wales and Poland after suffering another hamstring injury.
Ireland have reportedly won the battle to secure the services of Bayern Munich star Ryan Johansson.
With more than 50 registered Irish players in the Championship, and a further 70-plus in Leagues One and Two, Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill and his staff will have more than a passing...
Across world politics, top footballers are being sucked into tensions over immigration and the lurch to the Right, as Mesut Ozil's international...
Damien Duff may have spent much of the World Cup perched upon a pundit's pulpit but it's fair to say there were relatively few occasions when he felt the need to suddenly spring from his seat in...
For all the talk of Mesut Ozil and much talked about pictures it is another that perhaps reveals the most of all.
Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from international football with Germany after accusing the German Football Association of treating him...
Limerick's players may not have been paid of late but they have certainly not been reluctant to pay their dues.
Irish Independent football correspondent Daniel McDonnell sat down with Ireland manager Martin O'Neill following the World Cup in Russia for a...
Martin O'Neill says the main lesson that Ireland can take from Croatia's success at the World Cup is the value of getting players to top clubs.
It's still very early days for Troy Parrott.
Martin O'Neill was watching television recently when the broadcasting of an interview from the...
Heimir Hallgrimsson has stepped down from his role as Iceland coach in the wake of their historic World Cup finals appearance last month.
Luis Enrique has been named as the new coach of Spain.
England's main obstacle to a place in the World Cup final is a player who is adored by football fans around the world, but is a controversial figure in his native Croatia.
For a long time there has been unease about the growing disconnect between fans and remote multi-millionaire players. The solution might now be...
The question posed by the director of Aston Villa's 1995-96 season video was a simple one, and the earnest answers accounted for a few minutes of premium club shop VHS. What, the members of...
Just under six years ago, a few months after Didier Deschamps had taken the French job and when Roberto Martinez was still at Wigan, the Catalan was enthusiastically discussing his football...
Spain's World Cup meltdown started with an abrupt decision and ended with a slow and painful death.
A big-name exit from the World Cup is guaranteed today and France coach Didier Deschamps has admitted his game-plan for the Kazan showdown will revolve around finding a way to shut down...
Denmark coach Age Hareide's withering assessment of France last month has added "salt, pepper and vinegar" to their World Cup match today, according to his counterpart Didier Deschamps.
Former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Ronald 'Ron' Healey has died aged 66.
The only good thing about the call for Ireland to play a part in hosting the 2030 World Cup is that it didn't come from Shane Ross.
Graham Burke has completed his move from Shamrock Rovers to Preston.
Ireland’s women World Cup dream died with a game remaining this evening in Stavanger as Caroline Graham-Hansen's first-half penalty proved the...
England manager Gareth Southgate revealed forward Marcus Rashford picked up a "slight knock" before the squad travelled to Russia for the...
There are a handful of moments in a career that you never forget and Ireland’s win against...
Ireland face Norway in Stavenger this evening as they look for a win that would give their 2019...
Ireland’s fate in their first-ever game in a major finals sealed before a ball was kicked?
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Ireland's opening game at Euro '88, a 1-0 victory over England in Stuttgart.
It was in the summer of 1988 and Herself was slightly pregnant. The baby was due in July and the Euros were scheduled to start in June.
Euro 88 brought outsiders in from the cold and brought football to the outsiders.
Jack Charlton's men topped the singles charts during Euro 88 with the specially-commissioned ‘Boys in Green’, after the team famously performed the song under the baton of presenter Gay Byrne on...
June 12, Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (Att: 51,573)
Sometimes there are landmarks of time and history which command passing attention - and then you hop back to the realities of today. There are...
The gulf in class between both teams was evident from start to finish, yet Ireland will live to regret the manner in which they gifted Norway two...
Colin Bell's Ireland were outclassed as Norway came out on top at Tallaght Stadium. A goal in either half from Lisa-Marie Utland saw the Scandinavians...
The physical pain suffered when he broke his leg while on World Cup duty with Ireland 15 months ago has long since cleared for Seamus Coleman.
Irish footballing centurion John O'Shea can console himself after his recent retirement from international football for the Republic of Ireland...
Nobody in the Irish squad knows their Norwegian opposition better than Diane Caldwell but none have seen more of the lean times in their own set-up...
