At the FAI AGM in December 2019, one delegate took issue with how the association had been portrayed over the previous nine months. In that period, it had been revealed that John Delaney had briefly lent the association money, before he was paid back, that the FAI had been covering John Delaney’s rent for nearly a decade and that through this, and other much greater misadventures, the FAI had liabilities of €70 million. It was reported that this delegate disputed the idea that the FAI was a toxic brand. The delegate referenced Fianna Fail as an example of how a…

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