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General Election 2020: Still all to play for after RTE Prime Time leaders' debate
General Election 2020
There was perhaps no clear winner as Micheal Martin, Mary Lou McDonald and Leo Varadkar all landed blows and slipped up
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Niall Quinn hails Irish football's bailout as FAI insist it's time to move on from Delaney era
Bank of Ireland
The debt-ridden association avoided liquidation by striking a deal with the Government, UEFA and Bank of Ireland
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FAI bailout a watershed moment in Irish football's road to recovery
FAI
Yet while the new-look hierarchy has Irish football on the right path once again, some remain sceptical about their motives
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Niall Quinn insists he will earn far less than previous FAI top brass in Interim Deputy CEO role
FAI
Quinn is planning to be in the position for a 'short period of time'
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John Delaney resigns from UEFA’s executive committee
John Delaney
The former chief executive of the troubled FAI has today resigned with immediate effect
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Former FAI boss John Delaney attends funeral of former Waterford United player Johnny Matthews
John Delaney
The former FAI boss was snapped for the first time yesterday since the full revelations of the soccer body’s financial crisis were laid bare
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UEFA needs to cough up and rescue debt-ridden FAI, Fine Gael TD claims
FAI
Fergus O’Dowd said the Government is willing to bail out the scandal-hit body – but won’t write a “blank cheque”
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The biggest stories that made the headlines in Ireland in 2019
Irish Mirror
The FAI was discovered to be up to its eyes in debt and the courts endured the longest murder trial in the history of the State
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FAI issue public apology to ‘the hundreds of thousands involved with Irish football’
FAI
"The Board of the Football Association of Ireland has tonight issued an apology to the hundreds of thousands involved with Irish football at all levels of the game"
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FAI chiefs admit liquidation is 'possible' if Aviva Stadium debt called in
FAI
But while selling its stake remains an option to stave off a doomsday scenario, doing so would not be straightforward
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FAI staff and fans blast Shane Ross after 'shocking' FAI Christmas dinner joke
FAI
The Minister for Sport infuriated fans with a tongue-in-cheek Christmas tweet
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Pat Flanagan column: 'In Ireland, the taxpayer always pays for the fiddlers - and it's nothing to do with music'
Pat Flanagan
Even those who are tone deaf know how to fiddle and while they might not have a note in their heads, they have plenty of them in their pockets and wallets
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Fears growing Ireland may have to forfeit huge upcoming Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovakia if FAI folds
FAI
If the FAI goes under it will drag the League of Ireland down with it and would mean an end to the Irish soccer team
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'Deep concerns' that 'if the FAI goes, the League of Ireland goes the same way', Oireachtas committee hears
FAI
Sinn Fein's Jonathan O'Brien said he is 'particularly concerned about the League of Ireland and I can say that with absolute sincerity'
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The FAI asked for €18 million bailout from the Government
Republic of Ireland Soccer Team
Mr Ross told the committee the FAI is not fit to handle public funds after an independent audit into the association's finances
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Minister for Sport Shane Ross to meet with FAI bosses on Monday afternoon
Shane Ross
Minister for Sport Ross will meet FAI chiefs at their 'urgent' request 'to discuss the pressing challenges facing the organisation
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Pat Flanagan: 'Only in Ireland are the laws so twisted that corruption isn't a crime'
FAI
"By structuring business and politics in such a way you can do what you like without any consequences, corruption was wiped out overnight"
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John Earley resigns from FAI board
FAI
"According to a FAI statement tonight, 'in a letter to Conway, Earley confirmed that he has made the decision in the best interests of Irish football' "
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Limerick FC owner Pat O'Sullivan blames FAI for club's probable extinction
FAI
Eight months after making a passionate defence of paid-off chief John Delaney, he claimed it was “scandalous” how he was treated by the association
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Gardai investigating threats made against FAI staff in Abbottstown
FAI
An email sent to staff last Friday confirmed that the organisation was “working in close partnership” with officers from Blanchardstown “in relation to a number of postal incidents”
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Ireland fans will 'lose a generation of footballers' because of John Delaney
FAI
That was the scathing assessment from representatives of Irish professional players, FAI workers and avid football fans at a briefing in Leinster House today
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FAI chiefs deny association should be liquidated following revelations of €55million financial crisis
FAI
FAI staff are fearful for their jobs, having been warned there will be consequences in the new year
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Crisis-hit FAI confirm current liabilities of €55m - and John Delaney's €462k pay-off
FAI
The extent of their financial difficulties was laid bare at a lunchtime press conference at Abbotstown today
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FAI President Donal Conway to step down in January 2020
FAI
The FAI revealed the news on Twitter this morning
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