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FORAS to attend final project workshop in Belgium

The final workshop of the Improving Football Governance project will take place in Antwerp, Belgium this coming weekend. Project Manager Niamh O’Mahony has been invited to attend on behalf of FORAS and will recount the events that saw the supporters’ trust secure a place in League of Ireland football, securing the long-term future of Cork City FC in the process. She will also explain the role supporters have played at other League of Ireland clubs. The project’s working group is currently putting the final touches to the Irish handbook being produced as part of the initiative. Covering topics such as...

FORAS to attend SFSU conference in Malmo

The story of FORAS and Cork City FC will be shared in Europe once again this coming weekend. Following on from speaking at the FASFE conference in Madrid in January, ‘Improving Football Governance’ project manager Niamh O’Mahony will travel to Malmo for an event being hosted by the Swedish Football Supporters Union (SFSU) this Saturday. Swedish project manager Lena Gustafson Wiberg attended the Irish conference in Cork last November and spoke to delegates about how the 50+1 rule operates in Sweden at the moment. Amid ongoing discussion about the rule’s future in Swedish football, the experiences of FORAS will be...

FORAS Featured In Madrid Event

The story of the early days of FORAS and how supporters gained ownership of Cork City Football Club was detailed at an ‘Improving Football Governance’ event in Spain over the weekend.