FAI apologies as they 'implore' anyone impacted to come forward 

“We are sorry for what you had to endure, sorry that anyone could have ever felt unsafe and sorry that the modern practices and reporting structures that we now have in place were not there for you when you needed them.” 

FAI people & culture director Aoife Rafferty, left, and FAI interim chief executive David Courell during an FAI media briefing held at the FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Pic:Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Nobody was criticising the FAI for leaving the enclosed press conference room behind to instead air their apology in the open air at the front of house.

While no plinth was installed, there was air of statesmanship to the carefully worded statements and answers supplied by the two representatives.