‘A devastating blow to grassroots football’ – Siptu slam FAI over scheme which would see a quarter of staff laid off

‘A devastating blow to grassroots football’ – Siptu slam FAI over scheme which would see a quarter of staff laid off

The FAI headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo: Sportsfile

The Siptu trade union have hit back at the FAI over their plans for redundancies at the association which would see a quarter of those on the FAI payroll lose their jobs. The union, which represents a cohort of FAI staff, claim that the association’s “transformation” plan is being used to get rid of key football staff while saving the positions of what the union claim are “suits”.

And Siptu have gone all-out on the state-funded FAI with a claim that the redundancy process is “ill-informed and a devastating blow to grassroots football across the country”. One union insider quipped that the FAI, on that basis, sh