Cork City appoints Healy as new head coach

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Colin Healy has been appointed as the new head coach of Cork City FC.

The former Irish international, who made more than 150 first-team appearances with the club as a player, has been in charge of the Leesiders academy for the past three seasons and has taken over the first team on an interim basis following the departure of Neale Fenn. in October.

Cork was relegated to the First Division at the end of last season.

“I’m excited to close this deal, it’s a great opportunity and the hard work starts now,” said Healy, 40, who played for Celtic, Sunderland and Ipswich, among others.

“John Cotter and I will get down to business and start talking to the players as soon as possible.”

“I hope we are competitive. There are a lot of good and loyal players who will play for this club next season, and it’s my job to get the most out of them and play a style of football that gives us the results we want.” need.

“We need to train hard and set a high standard because it is a difficult division, but we are eager to meet the challenge.”

Club President Declan Carey said: “As a club, we have to set ourselves higher standards, and Colin will be a fundamental part of that in the footballing side of the business.”

“I and the management will support in any way we can, and we are excited to see what he can do with a talented group of young players for next season.”

On Tuesday, the club urged the Munster FA and FAI to “come to a solution” with Grovemoor Limited less than a week after their proposed acquisition of the club appeared to fail.

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