DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD

John Delaney finally departs stage left, but not before negotiating a sizeable payoff from the F.A.I. I understand that legally this might have had to be done but it galls me,

It infuriates me that a man who was paid a huge salary, negotiated with himself, A Golden Handcuff agreement, went on paid gardening leave and then leaves with a wedge.  All paid for by us the Tax Payer, not the F.A.I.  This point seems to get buried in every conversation about John Delaney and the F.A.I Can I say that the money being spent by the F.A.I. is OUR money, not the F.A.I.’s money.  John O’Regan just last week came out to bat for John Delaney once again.  He was one of a number of people who came out to tell us how good John Delaney was when all this mess started.  How good he was to Kerry, Limerick et al.  But he fails to comprehend that the largess distributed by John Delany personally on many occasions was not his money, it was OUR money.  The fact that he has “young kids” and “old parents” is unfortunate and we must be careful to distinguish family from business.  These problems are John Delaney’s problems, he is responsible for his own actions, his actions determined that he resign.  May I say to John O’Regan that I am one of the whinging and moaning League of Ireland guys I just don’t wear a blazer and there are many like me who are appalled at the actions of John Delaney.  It will take more that a Chicken Dinner to change my mind.

Shane Ross’s politics would not be my politics.  I don’t know what he knows about any sport but particularly Soccer.  I would hazard a guess that unlike Michael D. Higgins, he wouldn’t know whether the ball was pumped or stuffed.  His performance in Dublin Airport when Katie arrived home was cringe worthy and I believe made him a laughing stock.  Reminded me so much of Charles Haughey’s dash to the Champs Elysees in 1987 to be there when Stephen Roche won the Tour de France, but these people are politicians and they do what politicians do.  The thing is they have to put themselves up for election and the people decide their fate.  This obviously is not the case in the F.A.I.

In an article recently Shane Ross described what it was like to take on the F.A.I. going on trips with the F.A.I., who then offer to pay your bill, you refuse, but it is paid anyway, you then pay the F.A.I. back the money for the bill.  Later on a “source” leaks the fact that you were a guest of the F.A.I. and that they paid the bill.  If you don’t have proof that you repaid the money to the F.A.I. you are in trouble. This is sinister in the extreme.

What about the “new” F.A.I.? Don’t make me laugh. The new F.A.I. (N.F.A.I.) is very similar to the old F.A.I. They have the draw for the cup, named after their association, early in the morning on radio so no one knows who is playing whom.  This is how they promote this PRESTIGEOUS and historic competition.  Oh and by the way the Boss of the N.F.A.I.  Refuses to go on air in someone asks him a question.  The N.F.A.I. then announces the resignation of John Delaney at 11pm on Saturday night, and refuse to give details of the package. Old F.A.I. and N.F.A.I – Similar

Lastly the N.F.A.I. doesn’t want to appear before the Oireachtas committee on the 16^th October because it is the day after the Switzerland match in the Euro’s.  Why can they not attend, I saw Mick McCarthy’s squad and none of them are in it! OH maybe there is a “Jolly Up” planned for the new BLAZERS.