Hopefully, the upsetting revelations over the weekend will embolden more people to come forward and tell their story
For the first time anyone can remember, they decided to hold a press conference outside the front door of their headquarters in Abbottstown to deal with the fallout from Girls In Green, the joint RTÉ Investigates/Sunday Independent reportAround a fortnight ago, the association launched a safeguarding awareness campaign called Play It Right.
FAI People and Culture Director Aoife Rafferty and Interim CEO David Courell at the press event, with the blue placards of the safeguarding awareness campaign, Play It Right, propped up in the background. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho “When we met with the group of women, it was very clear we’ve a long road to travel in terms of creating trust with them,” said Rafferty. “I believe in meeting them a number of times, we’ve built up that trust to a certain extent. We want to continue to engage with them. That trust is for all those involved in football, that they trust us that we will do the right thing.”
They wouldn’t even confirm or deny whether the FAI is indemnified against potential claims, twice refusing to answer the question at all. Courell eventually said that they would have to deal with that on a case-by-case basis with their insurers. Answering only at the point of a bayonet has never been a good look for the FAI and all the sunshine in the world won’t make up for it if this becomes a sticking point at any stage down the line.
When the press conference was over and the lecterns were being carted off and loaded into the back of a van, an FAI employee gathered up the blue Play It Right placards. There seemed no good place to put them so they were left propped up against a desk, just inside the entrance. Play it right, then throw it in the corner and forget about it until next time. Even for the FAI, it felt a little on the nose.
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