How a 'throwaway remark' led to FAI chief receiving almost €12k in lieu of 12 days' holidays

The FAI showed up to the Public Accounts Committee with a mission of demonstrating the John Delaney years are firmly in the rearview mirror. Instead, it scored an embarrassing own-goal

FAI chief executive Jonathan Hill arriving at Leinster House for an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday.

Oireachtas committees really should not be blockbuster affairs. When all is going smoothly, meetings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) do not tend to be particularly exciting.

Between the likes of RTÉ, the University of Limerick, and now the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), PAC hearings are not dull at the moment.