Disease: All games off - March 1,
2001
As expected, all FAI Cup and Eircom League games scheduled for this weekend have been cancelled in response to the foot and mouth disease crisis.
The move follows a meeting this morning between the FAI and the Irish Government's Department of Agriculture.
The soccer body was following the lead set yesterday by the GAA, the Irish Rugby Union and horse-racing authorities.
All junior, schoolboy and schools fixtures have also been cancelled.
No decision has been taken as yet for the following and subsequent weeks. An FAI spokesman said the soccer body would maintain "constant contact with the Department of Agriculture regarding the general situation".