Republic of Ireland women’s manager Colin Bell has left to become the assistant manager with Huddersfield Town.
Bell, who took the Irish role in February 2017, will immediately start work under Jan Siewert at the Championship club.
FAI High Performance Director Ruud Dokter paid tribute to Bell’s work with the Irish squad over the last two years.
He said: “Colin has done a fantastic job in his time with Ireland and I want to thank him for that. He has introduced new players to international football and brought our team to a new place.
"The World Cup qualifying campaign saw him bed in his ideas very quickly and the players responded with high level performances.
"His passion, commitment and desire to develop women’s football in Ireland was exemplary and I wish him well at Huddersfield.
"The challenge now for the new management and the players is to qualify for the European Championships.”
FAI President Donal Conway said: “It has been a pleasure to work with Colin over the last two years and we are very disappointed to lose him.
"However, I can understand why a top club in England would want him and Colin has decided that this is the right move for him at this time.
“On behalf of the board of the FAI, I would like to thank Colin for his work with the Women’s National Team at the association.”
Bell took over the national setup in the midst of a strike in 2017 and led them to a third place finish in a very difficult World Cup qualifying group behind only Norway and Netherlands.
He leaves the national team before they kick-off their European Championship qualifiers against Montenegro on September 3 in Tallaght Stadium.
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