Starting as a receptionist in the FAI in 2018 was the best thing ever - as I got to know everybody and understand what everyone did. I was so keen to progress.
Byrne acknowledged the FAI are still in a difficult financial position and did say funding for domestic academies will be looked at by his department, as well as praising the association's new Football Pathways plan, but added that any future funding for soccer must be fair to other sports across the country.