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Mick McCarthy & Stephen Kenny

While John Delaney may have done some good things during his 14-year stint as head of the Football Association of Ireland, there is no doubt that the disgraced CEO left the FAI in a financial mess and a managerial quandary.

When Martin O’Neill and his assistant Roy Keane quit in November 2018, Delaney turned to former international manager

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