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Back to play
June 7th

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Grassroots Return to Train & Play Protocol - Effective June 7th 2021

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Summer Soccer Schools open for bookings now

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Summer Soccer Schools open for bookings now

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INTERSPORT Elverys FAI Summer Soccer Schools

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Sport Ireland on line Safeguarding Refresher

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Sport Ireland on line Safeguarding Refresher

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For those who have completed Safeguarding 1 and whos certificate is about to expire you can now do the Sport Ireland Safeguarding Refresher to validate your certificate for a further 3 years. Your current certificate must be still valid and you can only do the refresher once before having to do the Safeguarding course in full face to face.

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This learning is designed at those who have previously attended the face to face Safeguarding workshop or equivalent.

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Back to train protocols
May 10th

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COVID-19 Return To Training Protocol - Effective May 10th 2021

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Clare Conlon
cconlon@fai.ie
(086) 083 19 48

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The new Protocol has been distributed to all affiliates and includes updated guidelines on training and playing in the COVID-19 pandemic under the Government's Resilience and Recovery - The Path Ahead programme.

The new guidelines allow for numbers of up to 100 at games staged in outdoor venues with a capacity up to 5,000 and for 200 for a capacity of more than 5,000. Outdoor training will continue to be restricted to pods of 15. All FAI protocols are subject to Government guidelines.

Welcoming the Return to Play for all levels of Irish football on Monday, the FAI's Head of Grassroots Ger McDermott said: "Everyone involved with our game is looking forward to football getting back on the pitch all across Ireland from Monday. We again thank all our stakeholders for their compliance with FAI Protocols and Government guidelines throughout the pandemic and we know they will continue to adhere to these latest Protocol guidelines from June 7. We would also like to wish them all a very happy, enjoyable and safe return to football."

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FAI updates Safer Return to Training & Play Protocol

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The new Protocol has been distributed to all affiliates and includes updated guidelines on training and playing in the COVID-19 pandemic under the Government's Resilience and Recovery - The Path Ahead programme. The new guidelines allow for numbers of up to 100 at games staged in outdoor venues with a capacity up to 5,000 and for 200 for a capacity of more than 5,000.

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Lets improve sideline etiquette together to improve the experience for all our players! All Coaches and Parents should watch this video!

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FAI Player Development Plan Coach/Education Workshop

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Implementation of a player-focused model based on enjoyment and skill development whilst reducing the emphasis on winning at all costs.

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FAI Website

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Domestic | Football Association of Ireland

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The Football Association of Ireland is issuing the following statement in conjunction with the Irish Football Association, The FA, the Football Association of Wales and the Scottish FA:

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FFA Soccer Sisters Virtual Hub

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is back with a brand new virtual skills hub

Welcome to the Aviva Safe to Dream Team! Here you'll be able to access the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills Hub & register for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter.

Keep your budding young soccer stars active from home this week with the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills hub! Created by accredited FAI coaches, a new skills video will be released each day demonstrated byPeamount United & Women's National Team player Aine O'Gorman. This video series caters for kids of all ages and abilities, whether you're a complete novice or you're a rising soccer star!

The virtual skills hub is a safe online space for kids to develop their soccer skills and love for the game over the first week of the Easter holidays.

Starting on March 29 th at 10am, you can find these daily videos right here, so keep your eyes peeled!

Day 3: Dribbling, Shooting & Fitness

Day 3 of Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills Hub! Today, Aine O'Gorman, Peamount United & Irish Women's International player will be teaching three exercises: dribbling, shooting and fitness.

Please enable your browser JavaScript to view the video

Get involved!

You can also get involved by uploading your skills to social media, using the #SafeToDreamTeam and tagging @AvivaIreland & @FAIreland in your posts, when you do, you'll receive an Aviva Soccer Sisters backpack!

Parent/Guardian registration

Register here for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter where you'll gain access to discounts & offers!

Club registration

Register here for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter where you'll gain access to discounts & offers!

Don't miss out!

Watch our previous skill videos from our list below

Please enable your browser JavaScript to view the video

Please enable your browser JavaScript to view the video

Great Savings!

How you can save on your car insurance with Aviva

1. Offer of 21% discount only applies to new car insurance policies bought online with a start date on or after 06/03/2021. Acceptance criteria, terms and conditions apply. Subject to a minimum premium of €280 for car insurance. Aviva reserves the right to withdraw, suspend or amend this offer or any of the terms and conditions there of at any time without prior notice.

Car insurance is underwritten by Aviva Insurance Ireland DAC.

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. A private company limited by shares. Registered in Ireland No 374895. Registered Office One Park Place, Hatch Street, Dublin 2.

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is back with a brand new virtual skills hub Welcome to the Aviva Safe to Dream Team! Here you'll be able to access the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills Hub & register for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter. Keep your budding young soccer stars active from home this week with the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills hub!

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Soccer Sisters Virtual Hub

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is back with a brand new virtual skills hub

Welcome to the Aviva Safe to Dream Team! Here you'll be able to access the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills Hub & register for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter.

Keep your budding young soccer stars active from home this week with the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills hub! Created by accredited FAI coaches, a new skills video will be released each day demonstrated byPeamount United & Women's National Team player Aine O'Gorman. This video series caters for kids of all ages and abilities, whether you're a complete novice or you're a rising soccer star!

The virtual skills hub is a safe online space for kids to develop their soccer skills and love for the game over the first week of the Easter holidays.

Starting on March 29 th at 10am, you can find these daily videos right here, so keep your eyes peeled!

Day 3: Dribbling, Shooting & Fitness

Day 3 of Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills Hub! Today, Aine O'Gorman, Peamount United & Irish Women's International player will be teaching three exercises: dribbling, shooting and fitness.

Please enable your browser JavaScript to view the video

Get involved!

You can also get involved by uploading your skills to social media, using the #SafeToDreamTeam and tagging @AvivaIreland & @FAIreland in your posts, when you do, you'll receive an Aviva Soccer Sisters backpack!

Parent/Guardian registration

Register here for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter where you'll gain access to discounts & offers!

Club registration

Register here for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter where you'll gain access to discounts & offers!

Don't miss out!

Watch our previous skill videos from our list below

Please enable your browser JavaScript to view the video

Please enable your browser JavaScript to view the video

Great Savings!

How you can save on your car insurance with Aviva

1. Offer of 21% discount only applies to new car insurance policies bought online with a start date on or after 06/03/2021. Acceptance criteria, terms and conditions apply. Subject to a minimum premium of €280 for car insurance. Aviva reserves the right to withdraw, suspend or amend this offer or any of the terms and conditions there of at any time without prior notice.

Car insurance is underwritten by Aviva Insurance Ireland DAC.

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. A private company limited by shares. Registered in Ireland No 374895. Registered Office One Park Place, Hatch Street, Dublin 2.

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is back with a brand new virtual skills hub Welcome to the Aviva Safe to Dream Team! Here you'll be able to access the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills Hub & register for the Safe to Dream Team newsletter. Keep your budding young soccer stars active from home this week with the Aviva Soccer Sisters Virtual Skills hub!

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Coach Education Webinar | Football For All

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Three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, three healthy recipes that are fun to make and healthy to eat will be chosen by members of the Ireland senior squad and available to download.

The recipes have been carefully crafted to ensure a balanced mix of vitamins and minerals are present in each meal and snack and will help keep people satisfied over the coming weeks and months.

SPAR has a proud history of promoting healthy eating through their SPAR Better Choices and SPAR Better Choices Kids initiatives and these recipes highlight that people can rely on their local SPAR retailer to maintain their healthy lifestyles during the Covid-19 lockdown.

20 players from the Republic of Ireland Men's and Women's Senior Teams are involved in the 2020 Healthy Eating Guide, including SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Ambassadors Amber Barrett and Jack Byrne (pictured above).

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FAI/SPAR 2020 Healthy Eating Guide Recipes

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Three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, three healthy recipes that are fun to make and healthy to eat will be chosen by members of the Ireland senior squad and available to download.

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A young person who attended Jigsaw

As a teenager I received the mental health support I needed. The work we did together has helped make me who I am today and I strongly believe that every young person should be able to access that kind of help.

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Visit Jigsaw.ie | The National Centre for Youth Mental Health

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We offer a listening ear, and give expert advice and support, online and in person, to young people across Ireland, aged 12 - 25 years-old.

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The key aims of the LSP are to increase participation in sport, and to ensure that local resources are used to best effect.

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Kildare & Wicklow Education & Training Board

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Under the Education and Training Board Act, ETBs have been given the responsibility to;

"Support the provision, coordination, administration and assessment of youth work services in its functional area and provide such information as may be requested by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to such support."

(Education and Training Boards Act 2013, Section 10 (1) (j))

Further Information on Youth Work Services.

Wicklow Region Youth Officer:

Kildare Region Youth Officer:

Eric Caffrey
Kildare and Wicklow ETB
Church Street,
Wicklow Town.
Email: ericcaffrey@kwetb.ie
Tel: 0404 60500

Lorraine Flynn
Kildare and Wicklow ETB
Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park,
Naas, Co. Kildare
Email: lorraineflynn@kwetb.ie
Tel: 045 988 000

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Youth Services - Kildare & Wicklow Education & Training Board

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Under the Education and Training Board Act, ETBs have been given the responsibility to; "Support the provision, coordination, administration and assessment of youth work services in its functional area and provide such information as may be requested by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to such support."

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Find out how Dublin City Council's Sports and Leisure services can help you and your community get fit and active.

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The Sports Office deliver programmes to target groups within specific communities and the general public across the county. The sports office strives to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our ever changing communities whilst filling gaps in the provision of services as they arise. We are conscious that programmes we deliver promote sports development, recreational opportunities, increase physical activity levels, promote the importance of play and encourage healthy lifestyle changes.

Some such initiatives would include the South Dublin County Primary Schools Cross Country Events; Family mountain walks, School Swim Programme, Marathon Kids and sports inclusion camps throughout the year. We support and assist with the Sports Capital Grant programme. As well as supporting the OWLS programme (Outdoor, wildlife, learning and survival) and the installation of Fairy Walks in our natural environment.

Programmes are developed through discussion with our colleagues and the review of national trends and research published. Programmes and ideas are then tailored to the needs of the residents of South Dublin in a bid to tackle the levels of obesity and inactivity in specific target groups. We promote sport & health enhancing physical activity programmes through the life cycle approach as we cater for pre-school children, primary and secondary schools students, families and older adults throughout the county. The themes of Disability, Community, School's/College Programme, Social Inclusion and Club Development of the Sport Development officers would also be common in programmes delivered through the Sports Office.

South Dublin Sport & Recreation Sports Officers

Contact 01 4149270

Ciarán Farrelly
cfarrelly@sdublincoco.ie
086 4649504

Paula Swayne
pswayne@sdublincoco.ie
086 8292443

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The Sports Office deliver programmes to target groups within specific communities and the general public across the county. The sports office strives to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our ever changing communities whilst filling gaps in the provision of services as they arise.

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(Sample) FAI Child Safeguarding Statement 

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(Sample) FAI Child Safeguarding Statement 

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FFA Homeskills - Ball Mastery Drill (Amputee Football)

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FFA Homeskills - Reverse and Shoot (Powerchair)

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FFA Homeskills - Dribbling (Blind Football)

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FFA Homeskills - Toe Tap (Additional Needs)

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FFA Homeskills - Pass and Control Drill (Amputee Football)

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FFA Homeskills - Receiving and Dribbling (Blind Football)

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FFA Homeskills - Two Touch Box Passing (Additional Needs)

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FFA Homeskills - Shooting Drill (Amputee Football)

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FFA Homeskills - Drag Back and Shoot (Blind Football)

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FFA Homeskills - Shooting (Additional Needs)

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Here are all of the lessons in one easy place to find, from FAI Homeskills

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Ian Hill
ian.hill@fai.ie
(086) 048 99 20

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Print off and use to plan sessions

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1v1s are great for players of any age and a great way to improve a players football fitness, decision making and dribbling execution

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FAI Aviva Soccer Sisters Easter Football Festival

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Passing | Football Association of Ireland

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The Football Association was the first Sports Governing Body in Ireland to appoint a National Coordinator with this remit and the programme has been a huge success. Many agencies and groups recognise how football can contribute to the quality of life to so many thousands of Irish people.

The FAI now has two full-time staff with responsibility for facilitating a clear pathway to cater for players with various disabilities from club to country where abilities allow.

The Football for All programme is made up of players from all groups and sporting bodies that cater for people with a disability who want to play football. At the moment we have approximately 3,800 players participating in all of our programmes. The FAI in the past 4 years has established a number of associations to govern particular programmes within Football For All, these are Blind Football Ireland (BFI), Association of Irish Powerchair Football (AIPF) and Irish Amputee Football Association(IAFA). All three independently govern their specific football game across Ireland providing the pathway for their members from grassroots to international where possible.

In 2010 the FAI Football For All programme established a network of Football For All Clubs through our existing community clubs across Ireland. These clubs provide opportunities for children with specific needs and may struggle to excel in the competitive environment of underage football or who need additional supports to develop as footballers to join the club, train and compete at FAI FFA club festivals. For more information please go to our FFA Club section.

Coach education plays a key role in the development of our FFA players and in the insurance that our clubs and coaches have the confidence and passion to be inclusive and provide opportunities for all children and adults in Ireland to access football at suitable levels. For more information on our educational courses when working with players with disabilities check out our coach education calendar.

The FAI recognises that some people or communities start from a disadvantaged position and may need assistance from the Association to access all opportunities that exist in football.
For Further information please contact:
Vincent Foley, Interim FFA National Coordinator
Email:footballforall@fai.ie

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The FAI Emerging Talent Programme helps identify and develop talented young players around the country with a view to helping them progress onto the international stage in due course.

As the governing body of a country with no professional underage competition/coaching/development structure there is an obligation to assist in the structured development of young players countrywide for all facets of the game

There is now a structured programme of development, which mirrors best practice in European and World standards, at League, Regional and National level to assist clubs and leagues

Emerging Talent Programme Aims

* To provide emerging talent with the opportunity to train within their own area in a more structured and quality environment
* To provide a higher quantity and quality of players for National and International teams
* To improve the quality of players across all levels of the game countrywide
* To identify, develop, monitor and evaluate players in the Under 11-15 age groups
* To enable emerging talent to develop all of their capacities to their potential
* ​To provide emerging talent with a more challenging level of training and development
The Pathway will now be:

League Centres (Born 2007-2010)

Regional Emerging Talent Block training (Born in 2009)

Centres of Excellence (Born in 2008)

30 Schoolboy leagues

10 centres (one group per centre)

10 centres (one group per centre)

Training weekly

8 blocks of 2 days

27 training nights & 7 matches

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The FAI Emerging Talent Programme helps identify and develop talented young players around the country with a view to helping them progress onto the international stage in due course.

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This was the first of three International Friendlies lined up for the Ireland Women's Under-17's in preparation for their upcoming UEFA European Championship Qualifiers in October.

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FAI Project Coordinator              Club Development 

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Barry McGann
barry.mcgann@fai.ie
(083) 816 29 16

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How To Guide

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Introductory Video

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This NVB1 form must be completed with Garda Vetting ID Validation Form for your application!
Under 18s must also have parental consent form completed

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To Register  ➡️ https://www.fai.ie/domestic/spar-fai-school-zone/register

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U6/U7 (academy)

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U8/U9

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U10/U11

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U12

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FAI Player Development Plan Coach/Education Workshop

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Implementation of a player-focused model based on enjoyment and skill development whilst reducing the emphasis on winning at all costs.

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Jonathan Tormey
jonathan.tormey@fai.ie
(087) 132 32 52

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David Rake
david.rake@fai.ie
(087) 995 63 71

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Marc Kenny
marc.kenny@fai.ie
(086) 047 21 37

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Thomas Morgan
thomas.morgan@fai.ie
(083) 175 19 40

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Rory O'Hare
rory.ohare@fai.ie
(086) 380 77 93

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FAI Football For All Development Officer 

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Christy McElligott
chris.mcelligott@fai.ie
(083) 816 23 34

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Robbie De Courcy
robert.decourcy@fai.ie
(083) 366 88 99