FAI Council presents 'positive', united front

Barrett is confident state funding will be reinstated

FAI Independent Chairperson Roy Barrett speaks to the press. ‘I’m confident that people will make a decision in the best interests of Irish football,’ he said. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

FAI independent chairman Roy Barrett emerged from an emotive council meeting confident state funding will be reinstated.

Over four hours at the Red Cow Hotel, 69 senior council debated radical reforms essential for €35m of taxpayers’ money being released to the embattled organisation.