Delaney warns of further problems for clubs

FAI chief executive John Delaney said yesterday the worst of the financial difficulties facing League of Ireland clubs were in the past but warned there will be “further difficulties” to come.

He was addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Sport where he was asked to discuss the difficulties faced by domestic clubs.

Committee chairman Tom Kitt had described it as a “league in crisis” on Monday after recent financial difficulties involving Derry City, Cork City and Drogheda United.