Fai Announces Exit Of Chief Football Officer Canham

Chief shot serviceman Marc Canham will time off his domiciled pinch nan Football Association of Ireland.

The Englishman has been successful his position pinch nan FAI since June 2022 and will stay successful station to facilitate a handover pinch nan process to find his replacement opening immediately.

The 42-year-old said he will beryllium leaving to "explore caller individual and master opportunities" successful nan UK.

"After overmuch consideration, I person made nan determination to time off nan relation and relocate backmost to England," said Canham.

"This determination has not been an easy 1 to travel to, but I judge that nan clip is correct to research caller individual and master opportunities for maine and my family."

Canham was a cardinal fig successful nan improvement of nan FAI's Football Pathways Plan, a archive intended to outline nan early of nan crippled successful nan Republic of Ireland, arsenic good arsenic nan prolonged process to switch elder men's squad leader Stephen Kenny pinch Heimir Hallgrimsson and nan determination not to renew Eileen Gleeson's statement arsenic head of nan elder women's team.

FAI president Paul Cooke said: "While we are sad to spot Marc leave, we afloat respect his decision, and I sincerely convey him for his dedication and difficult activity passim his clip pinch us.

"His activity and difficult activity successful driving guardant nan Football Pathways Plan has group a beardown instauration for nan early of Irish shot which we each now request to present upon."