Kenny seeks answers on FIFA payment

“But I would say that any questions that need to be answered here in the interests of transparency and accountability ... John Delaney should answer and will answer all of those questions, I’m quite sure.”

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has weighed into the FIFA controversy to urge John Delaney to fully explain a multi-million payment to halt a threatened legal battle over a Thierry Henry handball.

FAI chief Delaney said his organisation was handed €5m euro after confronting Sepp Blatter about the Frenchman’s role in Ireland’s World Cup 2009 play-off defeat.