In June 2015, John Delaney made contact with a number of politicians. The FAI’s chief executive was in the news and the politicians he called were members of the Oireachtas committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport. The committee was considering calling Delaney in response to the controversy caused by the FIFA payment of €5 million to the FAI which had been made followed Thierry Henry’s handball in Paris in 2009. They felt it might be illuminating to hear from the FAI’s CEO. John Delaney held a different view. Delaney told TDs that there was little more he could add to…

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