Dempsey ends FAI board bid ahead of crunch Ross meeting

The FAI have avoided another bone of contention with Sports Minister Shane Ross ahead of today’s crunch meeting after Paddy Dempsey withdrew as a board nominee.

Ross was set to question Dempsey’s suitability given he’s Chairman of the Dublin and District Schoolboys League which backed former FAI chief executive John Delaney when be began to come under pressure in March.