Paul Hosford: Questions for FAI go far beyond Israel games

Some on the committee have speculated in private that the Israel debacle over the weekend was a welcome dead cat for the FAI

Protesters gathered outside the Oireachtas buildings in Dublin on Wednesday during the FAI's appearance before the sports committee. Picture: Ben Brady/Inpho

"It doesn't look good."

It didn't. And Oireachtas Sports Committee chairman Alan Kelly wasn't even broaching the FAI's handling of its men's senior football team's games against Israel.