Six members of the board met Minister Shane Ross for an hour and a half last night and described the talks as "constructive".

The Sports Minister has said that funding to the FAI cannot be restored until it has completed a massive overhaul of its corporate governance and leadership.

The chair of the Oireachtas sport committee has expressed his concern at the timing of John Delaney’s departure from the FAI, and has called for transparency as to how much the former chief executive has received in a payoff from the association.

The reported payoff might stick in the craw, but in terms of the price Irish football has paid for John Delaney’s tenure, it is just the tip of the iceberg, writes Joe Leogue

The beleaguered Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has failed to keep proper accounts, according to its auditors, who have reported the allegation to the body responsible for company law enforcement.

Independent Senator Rónán Mullen has called for a State inquiry into the FAI's financial situation following former CEO's John Delaney's refusal to answer questions about a €100,000 loan he gave the organisation.

The Football Association of Ireland has said it will make whatever changes to its board demanded in order to have its State funding reinstated.

Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae has heaped praise on John Delaney, saying the only thing the former FAI CEO is guilty of is "trying to help an association in the best way you saw fit at that time".

Sport Ireland has announced it will "suspend and withhold future funding to the Football Association of Ireland".

The Oireachtas Sport Committee is meeting a corporate governance expert for guidance this afternoon, ahead of questioning former FAI CEO John Delaney.

A TD who attended last summer’s World Cup Final with the help of the FAI has said “crossed wires” were to blame for him apparently denying the association had any involvement in his attendance at the match.

FAI workers have joined the call for clarification of the association’s financial arrangements with former chief executive John Delaney and the accountability of the board.

A former chief executive of the FAI, Fran Rooney, says that many of the people involved in running the association have “gone beyond their sell-by date.”

The Oireachtas Committee on Sport has called for a fresh inquiry into the ticketing deal between the Olympic Council of Ireland and THG.

Former GAA president Sean Kelly and Budget Travel chief Gillian Bowler will be among the members of the new London 2012 Olympics Task Force unveiled by the Government today.

Ireland must begin preparing now for the Olympics in London in 2012 to prevent the fiasco of Athens last year, it was claimed tonight.