Ian Mallon: Why is the FAI so confident €863m plan will work?
The Pitch: The plan is the culmination of a near two-year project by the association’s Facilities Investment Group
NEW ROLE: Outgoing FAI Chairman Roy Barrett is set to oversee a new wealth fund – the Ireland Football Foundation. File pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
On Thursday the FAI will reveal how it intends to secure almost €700m in taxpayers' money, which it wants paid into a newly created investment vehicle that it forecasts will be worth €863m.
The plan is the culmination of a near two-year project by the association’s Facilities Investment Group whose overarching ambition is the establishment of a wealth fund – the Ireland Football Foundation.
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