{"id":309171,"date":"2026-02-21T04:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309171\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T04:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:04:11","slug":"its-a-position-they-shouldnt-be-in-shels-boss-joey-obrien-sympathy-for-fai-on-israel-issue-but-palestine-support-unwavering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309171\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s a position they shouldn\u2019t be in\u2019 \u2013 Shels boss Joey O\u2019Brien sympathy for FAI on Israel issue but Palestine support \u2018unwavering\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shelbourne head coach Joey O'Brien after the match against Galway United at Tolka Park in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/177cf0bc-0285-4343-9594-a0f6a25991ad.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Shelbourne head coach Joey O&#8217;Brien after the match against Galway United at Tolka Park in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Shelbourne manager Joey O\u2019Brien says his support for the Palestinian cause is \u201cunwavering\u201d and is adamant that the Republic of Ireland\u2019s fixtures against Israel in the Nations League later this year should not be played even though sanctions from Uefa could hit the FAI hard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">And the Reds boss has joined in expressing sympathy for Drogheda United co-chair Joanna Byrne and her right to express her opinion after the US-based owners of the club tried to force her off the board due to her public stance on the Israel\/Gaza issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shelbourne head coach Joey O&#8217;Brien after the match against Galway United at Tolka Park in Dublin. Photo by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2049,61,60,43,25201],"class_list":{"0":"post-309171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-aidan-fitzmaurice","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-shelbourne"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}