Daniel McConnell

Obviously, there was a lot of tension there under your predecessor.

You know, it was not seen as a good picture or a good dynamic.

Yeah.

But I see it even in our area, like the interest in going to Bowes, the interest in going to Shells has, you know, Bowes on a Friday night is seen as a great night out.

You know, I'd be loath to mention our deputy editor, who's a big Sean McRover's fan, who, you know, but like you see what's happened to Tala Stadium, you know, the growth of what's happened to Tala Stadium.

It's been, there has been visible progress before our eyes.

But how stands that relationship between FAI Corporate and the League of Ireland?

You mentioned earlier that you have just released your new strategy document.

Yes.

What was the thinking going into it and what will success look like come 2029 when that period is over?

So again, fast forward to the end of this term.

you're looking at, like, no strategy will ever deliver 100% of what you're looking to do.

But what would success look like to you?

What would you be happy with out of what you've outlined and what you're proposing to do?

Is it a certain number of, you know, grounds seeing kind of improvements?

Like, just talk me through what you think success looks like.

So talk to me then about transposing this down to grassroots level.

And again, speaking of my own experiences, as we said, like, you know, I'm on the sideline every weekend.

We, you know, we've got basic facilities in terms of balls, nets, all that kind of stuff.

Will we see a tangible difference at the end of this at our level?