O'Neill: FIFA payments 'outside my jurisdiction'

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill is refusing to allow the furore surrounding FIFA’s controversial loan to distract him from his Euro 2016 mission.

The 63-year-old started preparations in earnest on Monday morning for this weekend’s key Group D clash with Scotland in Dublin, as the Football Association of Ireland struggled to escape the glare of the spotlight under which it was thrust when news of a €5m payment from the game’s governing body was confirmed last week.