Former Ireland international Niall Quinn is pleased that the FAI have announced that Stephen Kenny will succeed Mick McCarthy as manager in 2020 - but says it is 'peculiar' that they have already confirmed a time frame for the handover. Former Ireland international Niall Quinn is pleased that the FAI have announced that Stephen Kenny will succeed Mick McCarthy as manager in 2020 - but says it is 'peculiar' that they have already confirmed a time frame for the handover. Shortly afterwards, it emerged that Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny - who had been linked with the vacancy - would be appointed U21 manager with a view to replacing McCarthy as senior manager. Speaking on the Marian Finucane Show on RTÉ Radio 1, Quinn says that there are both positives and negatives to the arrangement that the FAI have reached with McCarthy and Kenny. "I’m delighted for League of Ireland that Stephen Kenny is up [there] and around it and being recognised.

Source: Irish Independent December 15, 2018 15:45 UTC