O'Donoghue 'disappointed' after FAI talks

Sports Minister John O’Donoghue tonight emerged ‘‘disappointed’’ from a meeting with Football Association of Ireland officials who have signed a contract with Sky TV that will prevent home international soccer matches being shown on terrestrial television.

News of the four-year multi-million pound Sky deal has outraged football followers nationwide and prompted a torrent of protest calls to the state-backed RTE TV network that failed to clinch coverage of the internationals.