'We’re being lectured to' - FAI delegates recoil at Barrett's barb

Ex-FAI Chairman Roy Barrett's remarks drew a hostile response from the floor. 

HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT: Former FAI chairperson Roy Barrett during the annual general meeting of the Football Association of Ireland. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ex-FAI Chairman Roy Barrett has defended his decision to approve a payment to chief executive Jonathan Hill that contravened their own handbook.

Barrett quit the association last month in the same week that details emerged of a Sport Ireland-commissioned audit by KOSI revealing two discrepancies - €12,000 paid in lieu of holidays not taken and a €8,500 benefit in kind (BIK) tax liability on travel expenses. Vital State grants were suspended over the saga.