'It wasn't good enough'- Katie McCabe urges FAI to review process around Healy exit

Katie McCabe has urged the FAI to review the process that's led to such confusion and frustration around the departure of Colin Healy as Republic of Ireland women's assistant coach.

Healy is unhappy with how the association dealt with his exit, claiming he'd been led to believe he'd stay on for another campaign regardless of how the Euro 2025 play-off final against Wales went.

The FAI maintain that Healy was aware that any contract renewal would be subject to a post-campaign review.

The dispute has sparked a strong reaction in Irish football circles. Denise O'Sullivan, Aoife Mannion and Stephen Bradley have all weighed in behind Healy, with Girls in Green captain McCabe also lending her support to the Corkman ahead of tonight's Nations League clash against Turkey.

"For me, Colin is such a genuinely honest, passionate guy who loved representing his country from a coaching point of view," she said.

"Do I agree with how the process went? No. But for us now as players we need to move on from it, we need to move forward, and I think within the association they need to review those processes and how they can do it better, because ultimately it wasn't good enough.

"For Colin to be so outspoken, it’s out of his character, because he is such a quiet man who we all respected so much. So it hurt a lot of the players, seeing that sort of treatment and what was said in the statement. Having spoken to him as well, personally, yeah, I was disappointed. But for us now, we can’t dwell on it too much.

"We need to move forward; we need to respect the new management that’s in place and work forward now."

"I want to make sure we're still qualifying for tournaments."

McCabe said she was not formally part of the FAI's review into the Euros