When a crisis prolongs from days into weeks and now months, it’s a sure sign that any green for go signs will be overtaken by flashing red lights. Festive entertainment of a different kind.

We may never know, but we can always ponder what Kenny's reaction would have been if he'd been robbed of his best player for a dead rubber by Mick McCarthy during his tenure as U21 supremo.

Down for decision in the amendment to the FAI’s constitution was enlarging their board from 12 to 14, of which six would be female — to meet the 40% proportion set by the Government.

Club captain Karen Duggan resisted the urge to join the migration to Shamrock Rovers at the start of the season.

Here we look at the travails of those who dared to dream of disrupting history without delivering when the crunch came.

There's no harm in casting the net wide when the pursuit, official anyway, gets underway soon.

Didi Hamman doesn't live in Ireland, nor has any connection to the FAI, removing the German from the unspecific group of pundits Stephen Kenny alleges have an agenda against him.

Liverpool’s trip to Arsenal smashed the league’s all-time record with an attendance of 54,115, almost 7,000 up on the previous best for their North London derby against Spurs last year.

Eight weeks and four games of purgatory await until the international year concludes with the friendly on November 21 against New Zealand.

It was a tenure that began in November 2018, from the moment John Delaney hatched his brainwave of a succession plan that entailed Kenny spending a year as U21 boss with the guarantee of elevation to succeed Mick McCarthy.