FAI say RTÉ row not about Delaney’s salary

THE FAI have confirmed that they have lodged a complaint with RTÉ concerning a July 16 edition of ‘Saturday Sport’ on Radio One which has seen the programme’s presenter Des Cahill effectively blackballed by the association.

However, following media reports, the association yesterday said its complaint does not relate to questions the presenter raised about chief executive John Delaney’s €400,000 salary.

The issue came to light when RTÉ requested an interview for today’s ‘Saturday Sport’ with U19 Ireland manager Paul Doolin and were taken aback to be told, in an email reply from the FAI, that “there is to be no engagement with Des Cahill as there is a complaint currently lodged from the association.”