'Government need to be comfortable handing money to the right people' - Bradley understands mistrust in FAI

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley after the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers at Tolka Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Stephen Bradley says he understands why the Irish Government is reluctant to fund Irish football when trust levels are so strained.

A recent visit to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee by the FAI proved an unmitigated disaster, as the controversy regarding an erroneous holiday pay deal for their chief executive hijacked plans to justify claims for their €863m, 15-year facilities plan to be subsidised by the exchequer.