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Wrapping up the Girls Centre of Excellence Programme this week. ✅ 4️⃣8️⃣ girls from across the Midlands region involved ✅ 3️⃣2️⃣ training sessions & match days ✅ Working with 6️⃣ brilliant people Look forward to seeing the progression of these girls over the coming years ⚽️

Brilliant to spend the morning with the Midlands Schoolboygirls League & get on the pitch with their 2011 boys group in the superb TUS Midland Sport ✅ Passing, Receiving & Dribbling actions ✅ Attacking in the final third ✅ Fun & games Great engagement from the group throughout 😀⚽️

Brilliant evening in Longford working with players & coaches in Longford League with Ash E Conway ⚽️🤝

Since 2016, the FAI in collaboration with Fingal County Council have given the opportunity for Transition Year students to sample full-time football training whilst also fulfilling their educational curriculum ⚽️ The partnership is now entering it’s ninth year with 50 students enrolled in

Great to spend the morning on the pitch with Athlone Town AFC Academy players. Brilliant to see the continued development of boys who where part of our Centre of Excellence Programme ⚽️⚽️

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Brilliant couple of days at our National Training Centre delivering FAI Coach Development UEFA C Licence with a great group of participants & educators ✅Coaching Process ✅Coaching Technical Detail ✅Coach Developer Demos ✅Coaching Practice ✅Reflection 🤓📚⚽️

Brilliant week of football! ⚽️ ✅Pitch session with Athlone Town AFC ✅Player ID/monitor at two games ✅ UEFA C Licence Block 1 ✅MU15 v Hungary ✅MU16 Camp Planning ✅FAI Coach Development Conference

A great night for our U16 Boys with a session put on from them by FAI High performance coach Mark Connors. The boys all really enjoyed and took valuable learnings away for their upcoming SFAI game. Thanks a million Mark for your time and expertise. Mark Connors Gary Seery

REPORT | #IRLU16 | 🇮🇪 2-1 🇫🇮 Goals from Josh Harpur and Tom McGrath see Ireland overcome Finland in Abbotstown ☘️ 🗞️👉 fai.ie/latest/report-… #COYBIG

Short & intense camp with #IRLU16 for double header with 🇫🇮 More brilliant learning experiences for the players & staff. Always a pleasure working with the best people 🇮🇪☘️⚽️

Congratulations to Ireland Men’s Under-17s who have qualified for the U17s World Cup in Qatar 🏆 A fantastic achievement by Head Coach Colin O’Brien, his players and staff ☘️ They’ve done our country proud 🇮🇪 #COYBIG

Brilliant evening in Mullingar Athletic AFC Official collaborating with FAIWestmeath to deliver a bespoke workshop for coaches. Great to see the exciting plans & work going on around the club 👏⚽️

We also hosted Diarmuid O’Carroll from Newcastle United , who delivered a staff development session and also a public CPD event for 50+ coaches. Diarmuid covered the theory and practical of the psyc/social pillar for transitioning from youth to senior. #DevelopingExpertise

REPORT | #IRLU16 | 🇨🇦 0-5 🇮🇪 Josh Harpur struck a hat-trick as Ireland ran out 5-0 winners over Canada in their UEFA Development Tournament game in Croatia ☘️ Tom McGrath and TJ Molloy were also on target for Ireland 👏 #COYBIG

Season number 🔟 having the privilege of working with our best young players wrapped up with some really positive performances in Poland 🇮🇪☘️#IRLU16

Our Boys Under-16s put on a 5 star showing as they beat Canada 5-0 in the UEFA Development Tournament in Poland 👏🇮🇪 Josh Harpur bagged an impressive hat-trick with Joe Byrne & Dundalk's TJ Molloy also getting their names on the scoresheet ⚽️

Enjoyable day working with participants on TUS Midland Sport High Performance Camp. Great to work with the players on the pitch & in the classroom giving them an insight into what an underage International player experiences in camp ⚽️🤓

Brilliant couple of days in HQ on Block 2 of UEFA C Licence with a brilliant crew FAI Coach Development. ✅ Coach Developer Demonstrations ✅ Coaching Practice ✅ Principles of Play ✅ Reflection ✅ Peer to peer learning ⚽️🤓