Battered and bruised, FAI chiefs unable to counter punch under Oireachtas scope

FAI CEO David Courell leaving house of the Oireachtas. Pic: Ben Brady/Inpho

It was within the FAI’s gift to land in the Oireachtas committee on the eve of a senior match but they weren’t to foresee it coinciding with the biggest football storm for seven years.

What was designed to be a session in front of the sports committee about safeguarding and governance descended into a marathon inquisition of their role in the debacle around last Sunday’s game against Israel.