Last week’s FAI’s appearance before the Public Accounts Committee did not go particularly well. Members of the committee expressed concern regarding the role of the chief executive after Jonathan Hill explained that an €11,500 payment in lieu of holidays not taken was just a “miscalculation”.
His request for this payment at the end of an email was just a joke, he said. But many of the documents submitted to the committee were heavily redacted.
Meanwhile, more than three months after Stephen Kenny stepped down, the FAI has yet to appoint a new manager to the men’s Irish football team.
On today’s In the News podcast Irish Times sports writer Malachy Clerkin explores why the FAI seems unable to get its house in order.
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What were the issues disability worker Charlotte Fallon was trying to raise with Simon Harris?
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Presented by Sorcha Pollak.
Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
