Delaney: Setanta Cup will go on

FAI CHIEF executive John Delaney is adamant that the Setanta Sports Cup will survive with or without the satellite giant.

It emerged over the weekend that two major investors had written off their stakes in the company and that follows last month’s blow when Setanta lost half of its English Premier League broadcast rights to Sky under the new TV deal.

Delaney confirmed yesterday that fixtures for the 2009 tournament, to begin in August, are being finalised and that the competition would go ahead. The FAI has already signed a deal to participate in the Setanta Sports Cup for a further four seasons.