Heimir Hallgrimsson, right, and FAI chief executive officer David Courell
FAI CEO David Courell says that an above European average spend on staff is the reason the association is set to cut the workforce.
The FAI’s most senior executive also insists that the men and women’s senior national sides are very well resourced compared to other UEFA members, his way of tackling criticism around the absence of a sports psychologist in Heimir Hallgrimsson’s camp and more serious claims around the women’s set up that have been raised by ex-boss Eileen Gleeson.