Amber Barrett: “You’ll never improve unless you’re being pushed to your limits.”

Amber Barrett shot to the front pages of the media following her heroic and poignant goal against Scotland, securing her side’s place at this year’s 2023 FIFA World Cup. Amber has always been surrounded by sport. Her brothers play gaelic football for club and Donegal and her parents are immersed in sport. The Donegal native began playing soccer with Milford …

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The League of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Football League agree all-island competition

The League of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Football League have agreed to introduce an all-island competition for women’s teams that will start play in June 2023. Talks between both leagues have been ongoing for some time to create a new competition that will see SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division clubs take on their NIFL Women’s Premiership counterparts during the season break …

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Eileen Gleeson is New Head of Women and Girls’ Football

The Football Association of Ireland has appointed Eileen Gleeson as Head of Women and Girls’ Football to lead the continued development and growth of football for all women and girls in Ireland. A UEFA Pro Licence holder with experience coaching at domestic and international levels, Eileen recently left her role as manage of Glasgow City having previously spent two years …

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FAI fined €20k for IRA song controversy

The FAI have been fined €20,000 by UEFA following the singing of a song associated with supporting the IRA in the dressing room after qualifying for the 2o23 FIFA World Cup in Hampden Park in October. The video was circulated online after their World Cup play-off win against Scotland which subsequently lead to Ireland manager Vera Pauw, the FAI and …

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Professional contracts announced for players in Women’s National League

The Football Association of Ireland and the League of Ireland have confirmed the introduction of professional contracts to players in the SSE Airtricity Women’s National League (WNL) which will be introduced December 1st, 2022. From this date, professional players in the SSE Airtricity Women’s National League will be subject to the same Standard Player Contract and minimum wage regulations as …

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FAI Schedules Men’s Division to Play on Same Day as Women’s Cup Final

The FAI posted the Final Day Fixtures for the SSE Airtricity Premier Men’s Division to fall on the same day as the Women’s FAI Cup Final.  Two fixtures have been announced for live TV broadcast on @RTE2 along with confirmation of the final day fixtures for the SSE Airtricity Premier Division. Full details below ⤵️ — League of Ireland (@LeagueofIreland) …

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Vera Pauw names squad for Ireland’s World Cup qualification play-off

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw unveiled her 28 player squad at Cadbury’s HQ Friday morning.Pauw is without some important players for the crunch showdown with injuries ruling out Savannah McCarthy, Megan Connolly, Ruesha Littlejohn, Ellen Molloy, Aoife Colvill and Leanne Kiernan. However in more positive news, Niamh Fahey and Jamie Finn are back in the Republic of Ireland squad …

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WORLD CUP PLAYOFFS SECURED!!

Vera Pauw’s team made sure of finishing second in the Group, behind Sweden, to secure a spot in the second round of the Qualifying Play-Offs for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. After beating Finland in their previous game, Ireland knew that they were in the Play-Offs, this was just a matter of which round they would go into. And …

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