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A full 7.2% less than he earned in 2010.

The chief executive receives double the annual salary of Taoiseach Enda Kenny and €151,000 more than President Michael D Higgins. He also earns more than most Irish semi-State bosses.

Mr Delaney’s remuneration has been the subject of much negative comment in recent times given the economic climate and the fact that the FAI receives about €3.4 million annually from the Irish Sports Council.

He has also come under scrutiny recently after video footage of him drinking with Irish fans in Poland at the Euro 2012 championship appeared on the internet.

Delaney Nets €400,000 As FAI Cuts Club Grants By €377,000 (Ciaran Hancock, Irish Times)

(Photocall Ireland)

It seems that the majority of the FAI’s top-priced premium seats are being occupied by existing customers.

Who are paying 25% of the current value of the seats.

When Aviva was being built letters were sent to all 939 existing
customers asking where they wanted to be seated.

753 choose Vantage 1,currently priced at €3,200 a year. those customers are paying €750 a year.

At the end of the ISG arrangement, only 849 ‘Vantage 1s’ had been
allocated.

Which means that the FAI only sold 96 of their top level package.

And there is no guarantee that any of these current customers will
renew for the higher price come 2014.

The Friday question: How many of these seats will be full for Michael Bublé?

FAI Fill The Best Seats For 25 per cent Of ‘New’ Price (Daniel McDonnell, Irish Independent)

Certainly.

The FAI spent €74m on the Aviva stadium, hoping to recoup this and more
by selling 10,400 ‘Vantage Club’ seats on a 10-year deal.

They needed to sell 60% of these seats to break even.

ISG, who were their agents to sell the seats, offered to buy them all
for €75m and take the hit/extra profit.

The FAI turned this down believing they could make even more money.

At last month’s AGM, FAI boss John Delaney (above, far right) said 6,300 ‘Vantage Seats’
had been allocated.

This includes 2,000 seats 3 Mobile get as part of a sponsorship deal and 939 seats for existing customers.

Leaving about 3,400 new ‘Vantage Club’ seats.

So at an average of about 10k per ticket, this comes in at roughly €34m .

Or about €40m less than ISG’s offer.

The FAI are currenty €70m+ in debt.

You’re most welcome.

Ticket Fiasco Leaves FAI Millions In The Red (Daniel McDonnell, Irish Independent)

FAI Rejects Aviva Ticket Crisis Reports (BBC)

Look. If you want to quit it’s fine. Just say it. We can take it. Everybody else is leaving so it’s no odds.

OK. What if we promised no more ‘amusing’ photo ops?

Trap Could Miss Friendly (Irish Independent)