Ireland women’s manager Carla Ward has enlisted Jasmine Mander – one of the Canadian staffers sacked over Dronegate at the 2024 Paris Olympics - as her performance analyst. Bev Priestman was swiftly removed as manager, while drone operator Joey Lombardi and analyst Mander also departed. Mander, after serving her suspension, has been brought into the Ireland set-up for their World Cup qualifiers. “I messed up,” is how Mander explained the situation in a first-person account published in the Players' Tribune last October., “I really did. I’d dream about things I wished had happened, but didn’t, like certain people I cared about asking me, “Jas.

Source: Irish Examiner February 27, 2026 01:38 UTC