'Regret negative noise' - FAI do their best to appease angry staff

An updated account supplied by Jonathan Hill for his suggestion and acceptance of an overpayment in lieu of untaken holidays last March dismayed TDs, one of whom Alan Dillon, dismissed it as not credible.

LETTER TO STAFF: The FAI have attempted to allay anger amongst staff at ongoing controversies by expressing regret over their “negative noise” arising from their last grilling by State officials. Pic:Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The FAI have attempted to allay anger amongst staff at ongoing controversies by expressing regret over their “negative noise” arising from their last grilling by State officials.

Tony Keohane, ratified as chairman in December, wrote to the 240 employees the day after their conduct around the Public Accounts Committee appearance was branded an insult by the committee’s supremo Brian Stanley.