Three former coaches ‘stood down’ by FAI following joint investigation

The orders, which restrict the men from any involvement in official Irish football activities, were issued in March after the FAI became aware of a joint investigation by the Sunday Independent and RTÉ Investigates.

Details of that investigation will be published in a special report in the Sunday Independent and on the Irish Independent website this weekend, and covered online and broadcast in a major documentary on RTÉ One television at 9.30pm on Sunday.

Former players have alleged that coaches engaged in inappropriate relationships with players, while two of the men are accused of making unwanted sexual advances on players.

The FAI’s concerns and complaints policy gives it the power to issue stand down orders to any person who is the subject of a complaint or inquiry by a statutory body. It is made for the immediate protection and safeguarding of children and vulnerable persons and is not a determination of wrongdoing by any individual.

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