In December 2019, the FAI met for a reconvened AGM which also served as a cathartic release after the years when the gatherings were severely controlled. At the City West Hotel on that afternoon, delegates rounded on everyone, including themselves, called for a public apology, resisted calls for a public apology, and generally gave a sense of an organisation trying to find itself after a traumatic experience. That evening, the FAI issued a statement that attempted to demonstrate their remorse: “The Board of the Football Association of Ireland has tonight issued an apology to the hundreds of thousands involved with…

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