Episode 3254: Colin Healy Has His Say – A Second Captains Exclusive
We’re bringing you two shows on the World Service today, and the first is a special exclusive interview with Colin Healy. Last year, Colin’s wife, Kelly, sadly passed away after a long battle with leukaemia. After taking a few weeks off work, he returned to his job as assistant coach to Ireland manager, Eileen Gleeson.
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In December, the FAI announced they wouldn’t be renewing Colin’s contract. Just over a month later, Colin released a highly critical statement in which he said he’d been assured by then FAI Director of Football, Marc Canham that he would be kept on, something which Canham has consistently denied.
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Colin also revealed he had turned down a job close to home with Cobh Ramblers believing his future lay with Ireland, a job that he says would have made life as a single father to his two kids, Arran and Hollie, far easier. His statement was the beginning of yet another controversial saga for the FAI.
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Colin sits down with us today to speak about what’s been an extremely difficult year in his personal and professional life, and about how he now wants to draw a line in the sand and get on with his life.
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