Special investigation: Multiple women allege sexual advances by male FAI coaches

Harrowing claims of FÁS traineesInternational players reveal ordealsEx-FAI boss tells of ‘homophobic rant’

A joint Sunday Independent / RTÉ investigation has revealed multiple women have alleged sexual advances by male FAI coaches

Mark Tighe and Marie Crowe

Multiple female footballers have claimed they were subjected to unwanted or inappropriate sexual advances from FAI coaches in the 1990s.

Former international players and trainees on Ireland’s first state-funded all-women soccer course have spoken to a joint investigation by the Sunday Independent and RTÉ Investigates to outline a series of harrowing allegations.