John Delaney at the FAI Thread - (Mod Notes in OP)

Corholio · 15-04-2019 07:40PM

It may be that Delaney refused to resign so F.A.I. have to do investigation to remove him. I think thats what Stuart Gilhooly is saying anyway.

https://twitter.com/PFAISolicitor/status/1117836536144441345?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

Irishmale0399 · 15-04-2019 07:43PM

Corholio wrote: »

It may be that Delaney refused to resign so F.A.I. have to do investigation to remove him. I think thats what Stuart Gilhooly is saying anyway.

https://twitter.com/PFAISolicitor/status/1117836536144441345?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

He is hanging in there for a payoff......wants his golden handshake. As I wrote a few posts back I have been told that Conway has wanted him out for a long time.......person who himself held a position within the FAI on a voluntary basis told me not to be suprised if it came out in years to come that Conway organised or is the grass feeding the press.

kippy · 15-04-2019 07:44PM

Corholio wrote: »

It may be that Delaney refused to resign so F.A.I. have to do investigation to remove him. I think thats what Stuart Gilhooly is saying anyway.

https://twitter.com/PFAISolicitor/status/1117836536144441345?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

Under employment law, that is probably correct - due process is required.

secman · 15-04-2019 07:56PM

kippy wrote: »

Under employment law, that is probably correct - due process is required.

So yesterday he owned the FAI, but today he's an employee, !

Umaro · 15-04-2019 09:57PM

He's only been Executive Vice President for about 3 weeks, surely they can just fire him? He's not CEO anymore.

Oh wait... did they forget to put in a probation period on the contract when they were inventing it...

Zico ! · 15-04-2019 10:04PM

There's no they in the fai it was delaney who gave himself that contract

fullstop · 15-04-2019 11:05PM

Oat23 wrote: »

Not at all surprising. As I said on here a while ago I've been offered a free ticket to just about every Ireland game played over the past few years. All I had to pay for was a seat on the bus. Never went obviously.

There are buses of people going up from Sligo for every game. All free tickets.

And some were doubting on here when some of us said we were offered free tickets to the Georgia game :rolleyes:

mugsymugsy · 15-04-2019 11:14PM

https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/fai-had-used-all-available-funding-from-bank-accounts-at-time-of-100k-loan-from-delaney-38018685.html

Apparently they were down to the bare bones - no wonder Delaney bit the hand off for the 5m for the Henry handball. Delaney and co sailed close to the wind with the finances yet didn't appear to cut back his own level.

twowheelsonly · 15-04-2019 11:35PM

Zico ! wrote: »

There's no they in the fai it was delaney who gave himself that contract

Unfortunately there's plenty of 'they' in there. Along with all the me, myself and I's.

Two of the worst jumped ship today though. IMO the improvements will be almost instantaneous. They've been there too long...way too long. They've been involved in practically every controversy since Bernard O'Byrne but have managed to stay nicely ensconced in the background. From where I'm looking they made JD as bad as he was, purely because they were the two that could have cried stop and didn't. They're as culpable as JD, if not more so, given that they've been down this road at least twice before.

Beechwoodspark · 16-04-2019 08:54AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Anyone know how long it would take to do an emergency audit on them?

My worry is if this gets bogged down in a long drawen out process he will survive as the public attention focus will lost interest

I want to bump this as I fear this is happening

salmocab · 16-04-2019 09:03AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I want to bump this as I fear this is happening

I think you can relax the FAI are in front of Sport Ireland today it will be big news today again.

Worztron · 16-04-2019 09:41AM

We'll have to think up of another acronym for FAI.

Idbatterim · 16-04-2019 09:50AM

Worztron wrote: »

We'll have to think up of another acronym for FAI.

Failure association ireland!

Idbatterim · 16-04-2019 09:51AM

Sporting ireland should stop all funding to them. Someone who knows what they are doing , not creaming off a fortune and fans not avoiding matches due to Delaney and they won’t need state funding

lee_baby_simms · 16-04-2019 10:35AM

Worztron wrote: »

We'll have to think up of another acronym for FAI.

**** All Integrity

FixdePitchmark · 16-04-2019 10:48AM

Was thinking there.

Considering his wages . His severance package could be well over a million ?

Then the value of his pension is kind of scary to think about.

Mint Sauce · 16-04-2019 10:58AM

Because he says he will resign pending the investigation, does this mean the FAI cant sack or force him out, and how would any of the scenarios affect a payoff or severance package.

Fear Delaney could come out of this significantly better off.

Cienciano · 16-04-2019 11:04AM

The audit/investigation should be commissioned by Sport Ireland. Anyone but the FAI. Too many audits seem to not find any fault with shít like 8k being spent on a hotel when the association can't find 100k for creditors.

ballsymchugh · 16-04-2019 11:53AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I want to bump this as I fear this is happening

there'll be tennis balls on the pitch during every international as long as he is there, unless he instructs strip searching of the fans, or one security guard per fan..

SteelyDanJalapeno · 16-04-2019 12:07PM

Hang on a sec, the 2 boyos that also resigned yesterday were nearly 80 years of age, WTF

amcalester · 16-04-2019 12:08PM

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Hang on a sec, the 2 boyos that also resigned yesterday were nearly 80 years of age, WTF

And we’re due to retire/resign in 2020 and 2021 anyway.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 16-04-2019 12:12PM

amcalester wrote: »

And we’re due to retire/resign in 2020 and 2021 anyway.

People shouldn't be allowed work passed 65, let alone nearly 80, what could they have possibly been contributing to the org?

Oat23 · 16-04-2019 12:17PM

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

People should be allowed work passed 65, let alone nearly 80, what could they have possibly been contribuiting to the org?

They were bodies JD knew wouldn't challenge him on anything but would fill a role. A perfect example of the people he surrounds himself with at the FAI.

Look at the treasurer last Wednesday. It was uncomfortable watching him. He hadn't a clue what was going on and thought the FAI had 1 bank account.

irishgeo · 16-04-2019 12:30PM

If they had used up all available funding. That means they had been spending dundalk and bray uefa prize money.

Cienciano · 16-04-2019 12:57PM

It's been pointed out on twitter that rather than use their own conference rooms at their Abbotstown facility, they pay for one in a hotel 20 minutes away and Delaney is chauffeur driven there. The way money is píssed away on unnecessary expenses is crazy

sReq | uTeK · 16-04-2019 12:59PM

Cienciano wrote: »

It's been pointed out on twitter that rather than use their own conference rooms at their Abbotstown facility, they pay for one in a hotel 20 minutes away and Delaney is chauffeur driven there. The way money is ped away on unnecessary expenses is crazy

If this is true, the whole lot of them should be sacked on the spot.

Just An Opinion · 16-04-2019 01:06PM

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0416/1042928-fai

Audit showing breach of accounts being kept correctly!

mugsymugsy · 16-04-2019 01:07PM

Just An Opinion wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0416/1042928-fai

So could JD and co be legally and not just morally corrupt....who would have thought it.

Full forensic independent audit please and thank you! No ifs or buts.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 16-04-2019 01:10PM

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

If this is true, the whole lot of them should be sacked on the spot.

sacked by who?

people keep saying this and it's incredibly silly

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-04-2019 01:10PM

Fraud squad are needed now

John Delaney at the FAI Thread - (Mod Notes in OP)

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