The figures in this are so far off it’s staggering. It’s said the FAI’s turnover was €5m when John Delaney took over. It wasn’t. For 2004, the year he took over from Fran Rooney on an interim basis, it was €20.5m. It was €23.7m in 2005 when he got the job on a full-time basis. https://t.co/7pIel48Z1c
— Neil O’Riordan (@noriordan) April 4, 2019
From top: Ex-CEO of FAI John Delaney; a statement issued by the Ireland’s four provincial football associations about Mr Delaney; a statement released by Limerick FC about Mr Delaney; a tweet last night by Neil O’Riordan, of The Irish Sun
On March 29.
The four provincial football associations released a collective statement praising former CEO of the FAI John Delaney’s contribution to Irish football.
It followed Mr Delaney stepping down from his CEO role and being made executive vice-president of the Football Association of Ireland, days after a March 17 report in The Sunday Times revealed he gave a loan of €100,000 to the FAI in 2017.
Almost three weeks on since the story about the loan broke, the circumstances surrounding the loan are still being sought by Sport Ireland while Mr Delaney will appear before the Oireachtas sports committee next week.
On the same date as the statement from the provincial associations, March 29, the Dublin & District Schoolboys League also released a statement. The statements are very similar.
Then, on Tuesday, Limerick Football Club’s chairman Pat O’Sullivan released a statement expressing the club’s confidence in Mr Delaney.
Again, the Limerick FC statement was very similar to those of the provincial associations and the DDSL.
Last night, Waterford FC owner Lee Power released a statement praising Mr Delaney.
After Neil O’Riordan, of The Irish Sun, tweeted that the figures in the statement were incorrect, the club amended the statement.
Further to this…
You Boys In Green tweetz:
WOW. Passage in Limerick FC statement praising John Delaney is, word for word, the exact same as the original statement from the Provincial Councils. Is there a sample being send to leagues/clubs? All so so similar.
If any club or League has been contacted and asked to make a statement backing John Delaney and wish to contact us, please get in touch. DM here or email youboysingreen@gmail.com Total anonymity, of course.
Meanwhile…
At last night’s Under-17 European Championships draw at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, where there was a drinks reception and dinner – which members of the Oireachtas sports committee were invited to shortly after the loan story broke…
Oireachtas Committee member Kevin O’Keeffe is here – was seated in same row as members of the FAI board pic.twitter.com/OdCaK3X1iB
— Daniel McDonnell (@McDonnellDan) April 4, 2019
Sigh.
Earlier: Mazars Balls
I’ve always thought Delaney was a bit of a slidhbhin (sleevin? sliveen?) and sort of par for the course FIFA dodgy, but in all this furore, I cannot for the life of me see any evidence of anything he’s actually done wrong?
Sure, he got paid an obscene amount of money and somehow persuaded them to pay his rent, but is there any actual evidence of how he’s harmed football in the country ?
and the problem with the country is people like you who translate that same silly-pants thinking to your political choices and force us all to suffer because of your inability to use common sense and cop on. People like you with a vote are the ones that cause the real damage in this country.
I must have missed the part where John Delaney was democratically elected to government office.
spot on, Ron. If you look at any rotide comment, she is everything wrong with people in ireland. Will always retort back angrily and defend herself with insults like a cornered, desperate rat.
>insults
>herself
>desperate rat.
Good man Doctor,
For me anyway
What’s wrong
Is actually not unique to the FAI
It’s the failure of Directors to fulfill their principal obligations
Governance
And remaining Independent and free from any Conflict of Interest
So to ensure they are always making decisions in the best interest of the organisation
And the absolute failure of them being called out on it
And held equally responsible
John Delaney was one of 11 directors
10 others could have put an end to this Dominance a long time ago
And as for the cash / working capital shortages
They are ALL responsible for allowing that situation deteriorate to such a point that an employee had to loan them money to make payroll
Deloittes Deloittes wherever ye are !!!!!
Something tells me that nobody is going to throw tennis balls on to a pitch because of corporate governance.
So whats the actual beef?
I get that
But Governance, Transparency, Accurate and Transparent Financial Reporting, and overall Fitness Probity and Soundness is what should only occupy PAC and The Sports Council
and where the eff are Deloittes?
They signed off on all sortsa handsome stuff
Not a bitta bother
Do you really think this is about the effects on football rather than corporate governance and compliance with company law?
There is a general apathy around the roles and responsibilities of a Director
All the hoo haa is targeted at John Delaney
Bit there are 10 other Directors equally responsible and answerable
And there is no denying that
Even if everyone chooses to ignore it
Oul’ Bhoys
All playing ball
Sure the FAI has them all by the goalies. The top brass at FIFA and the FAI are like the Sun King, they have absolute discretion in how they decide the huge TV rights, ad income, sponsorship and political patronage cascades down to the grass roots. Who’s going to rock that boat.
Shur’ who in PAC or anywhere else around Kildare Street is going to Rock the Boat
And risk having local clubs and training camps and leagues wiped out or cancelled because Sport Ireland pull the FAIs grant money
Who is going to risk the withdrawal of coaches and development officers going into schools?
What club is going to risk their players being denied an international call up at underage level
Or risk not having a scout being wined and dined
Nothing will happen
Eoin, Who exactly do you think SHOULD decide tv rights and sponsorship if not the FAI?
In June 2018 “Limerick players in limbo as wages not paid and told they were free to leave the club” “waiting on some sponsors cheques to be cleared” is at odds with Limerick praising JD in latest statement!! Copy and paste ?!!
In June 2018 “Limerick players in limbo as wages not paid and told they were free to leave the club” “waiting on some sponsors cheques to be cleared” is at odds with Limerick praising JD in latest statement!! Copy and paste ?!!
Maybe a full audit of the FAI books should be done going back to the year before he started. Maybe start of 2003?
There have been extremely shading dealing going on and considering the professional Irish women’s team couldn’t get kit but they could afford to pay Delaney an exorbitant salary says it all. He should be kicked out of football altogether. FAI are a pack of gangsters in suits as far as I can see
I think it’s more than financial tbh
A Board and Council, along with senior staff managers COO, Finance Director etc – combined
Was circa 70 individuals
70 people saw nothing wrong with the manner Women Internationals were treated
That’s a rot they were all complicit in
Has anyone tackled Deputy Kevin O’Keeffe about his acquisition of two tickets to last summer’s world cup final in Moscow. The tickets had a face value of €903 each (v. expensive I know, but these were the top tickets) which is what Kevin says he paid, but the value of the tickets on the secondary market at the time of the final was up to €90,000 each.
Has anyone queried the transaction with SIPO? I don’t see the transaction noted against Deputy O’Keeffe’s Dail register and the difference between €90,000 and €903 is very significant indeed? Are there issues here with respect to the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018?
Jesus christ on a bike, why are you still hammering on this utterly stupid point.
Yer man paid face value for the tickets. Noone controls the secondary market, because you know, its a grey area. You sound like you are actually annoyed that the FAI didn’t tout the bloody tickets.
WHO CARES?
It’s of more interest that JD is a ringer for a younger Theresa May.
Ahhhh uuuugghhh
Can’t Un-See
Can’t Un-See