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Remembering the tumultuous reign and assessing the legacy of FAI Chairman Roy Barrett

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Barrett did not enjoy the same rapport with all of the elected figures representing some of Irish football's different constituencies. The FAI board was reconstituted to six directors elected from the membership and six external, independent directors. Some of them broke from Barrett and the other independent director and rebuked the then CEO Gary Owens. Owen and Niall Quinn were both members of a Visionary Group who published proposals for a total overhaul of Ireland football in May 2019. They were replaced by Gary Owen as interim CEO a fortnight after Barrett's appointment and Quinn as his deputy three days later.

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