‘I’d love to be there but that’s part of this job’ — Stephen Kenny on his FAI Cup tie clashing with daughter’s Miss World finale

‘I’d love to be there but that’s part of this job’ — Stephen Kenny on his FAI Cup tie clashing with daughter’s Miss World finale

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• 1 / 4Stephen Kenny with his daughter Caoimhe Kenny who was crowned Miss Ireland 2025. Photo: Brian McEvoy 
• 2 / 4Former Miss Ireland Rebeccca Maguire with Caoimhe Kenny who was crowned Miss Ireland 2025. Photo: Brian McEvoy 
• 3 / 4Miss Louth Caoimhe Kenny who was crowned Miss Ireland 2025 at the Knightsbrook Hotel in Trim,Co Meath, pictured with her grandmothers Marie Kenny and Olive Whelan. Photo: Brian McEvoy 
• 4 / 4Caoimhe Kenny who was crowned Miss Ireland 2025 at the Knightsbrook Hotel in Trim, Co Meath, on Saturday night. Photo: Brian McEvoy 

Daniel McDonnellSoccer Correspondent4 Sep 2026 5:00 PM

With a smile, Stephen Kenny suggests the organisers of Miss World should have taken the FAI Cup quarter-finals into account when scheduling the finale of this year’s competition.