Football Today

Ireland's Sepp Blatter and the Mystery of the Disappearing Millions

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For 14 years, CEO John Delaney was the Republic of Ireland's most powerful football figure. Then in March, the Sunday Times said he had given a €100,000 loan to the Football Association of Ireland. By September he would resign.

Today we are joined by Mark Tighe (Sunday Times/@marktighe) to chronicle how Delaney kept millions from the board and how he plunged the association to the brink of insolvency.