Wednesday 25 November 2020
The football body are in a mess, and they can’t rely on the State to bail them out.
Minister Shane Ross and Sport Ireland will appear at Leinster House tomorrow, however.
The Sports Minster says the government will not fund the troubled organisation.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday.
The move comes just under a week after the FAI president announced that he is stepping down.
The arrival of four external members to the football body’s board has been made a priority by sports minister Shane Ross.
A plan has been created by FAI members to split the organisation into two sections, the Irish Independent has reported.
Niall Quinn says there is no place for the old ‘Banana Republic FAI’ if the game in this country is to recover from the crisis currently engulfing it.
Officials from the FAI have declined an invitation to appear before an Oireachtas Committee tomorrow morning.
The ex-Ireland manager believes saving jobs in the association is ‘crucial’ right now.
“How can we be in a scenario where we’re fighting for our jobs, and we did nothing wrong?”
The association say they want to prioritise ‘the refinancing package that will guarantee the future of the FAI and safeguard jobs’.
The Sports Minister won’t be appearing before Wednesday’s emergency Oireachtas meeting.
Sports minister Shane Ross and Sport Ireland will not be appearing alongside the football body on Wednesday, however.
The FAI’s board this evening stressed it was available to meet.
Some more troubling revelations come to light, including details of how the FAI paid for Delaney’s 50th birthday party.
Yesterday’s FAI accounts were forecast to cause shock…the reality was worse than imagined.
The FAI’s auditors refused to state that the football body are a going concern in a devastating set of accounts.
Today is really an unthinkable situation, Minister for Sport Shane Ross told RTÉ News today.
The 2018 accounts show that the FAI paid a €462,000 settlement to former CEO John Delaney
The dissemination of the damaging figures has been put back by 24 hours.
The video assistant referee will be place after Uefa made the decision to introduce the technology despite not using it during the group stages.
More bad news expected at the association’s Dublin HQ tomorrow after primary shirt sponsor Three Ireland announced it wouldn’t be renewing its deal.
Shane Ross said the governance issues are not an ‘attractive proposition for a reputable corporate sponsor’.
The crisis-hit Association had been left without a leader following John Foley’s last-minute decision not to take the job.
SIPTU want to meet with Shane Ross amid concerns of job losses at an organisation now without a Chief Executive.
The FAI has said that John Foley “would have been invaluable” to the association.
Bernard Twomey on devoting much of his life to the beautiful game.
With two games guaranteed to take place in Aviva Stadium, there is the tantalising prospect of European football royalty coming to Dublin.
Sport Ireland decided to suspend and withhold future funding to the FAI in April.
Sport Ireland decided to suspend and withhold future funding to the FAI in April.
The Irish Football Association in Northern Ireland has dismissed such proposals so far.
The teenage sensation will bolster Stephen Kenny’s attack at Tallaght Stadium.
Colin O’Brien’s side wrapped up a 3-1 win over Montenegro in Cork.
Mr Ray, the Dublin and District Schoolboys League [DDSL] Honorary Life President, died today.
50 years ago, Dundalk Ladies Football Club helped form the WFA.
Ireland manager hands trio their first call-ups as former Shamrock Rovers star Trevor Clarke also returns from injury.
A statement from the Association’s CEO says clubs are better-served remaining in Northern Ireland.
TV Executive and Cabinteely chairman Larry Bass is optimistic about the future of the FAI and a possible all-island league.
The interim General-Manager is leaving as planned as the FAI announce a series of delays to ongoing reform steps.
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