Director of FAI kit supplier apologises for not turning up in court as liquidator appointed

Jonathan Courtenay of JACC Sports Distributors Ireland told High Court that termination of FAI contract last week was a 'turbulent, chaotic and extraordinarily difficult time' for the directors and the company

Once the FAI notified the termination of the sponsorship agreement with JACC last Monday week, it 'heralded a disastrous decline in the company's fortunes', court told. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

A director of a firm which supplied football kit to the FAI has said he was "so consumed by the storm of events" which have led to moves to wind up the company that he did not make the necessary arrangements to appear in the High Court last week.

Jonathan Courtenay, a majority shareholder of JACC Sports Distributors Ireland, apologised to the court for not being represented last week when JACC's largest creditor, Deal Partners Logistics, applied to have it wound up. JACC owes some €13m, including €7m to Deal, €3.8m to Ulster Bank and €2.5m to Revenue.