Minister right to reject FAI plea: €10m bailout sought

Sports Minister Shane Ross was right to dismiss an FAI appeal for a €10m bailout.

Minister right to reject FAI plea: €10m bailout sought

Sports Minister Shane Ross was right to dismiss an FAI appeal for a €10m bailout. Mr Ross had a meeting with an FAI delegation on Monday and even if he wanted to be Santa Claus, always a temptation at this point in the election cycle, he dare not throw good money after bad.

That meeting was the latest in an increasingly fractious series between FAI executives and Government. It did not, however, reek of the contempt shown for the Oireachtas when former CEO John Delaney refused to answer questions at an April committee hearing.

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