John Delaney says his FAI job switch was because his workload was 'impossible'

The new executive vice-president says he was doing “three jobs” in the FAI.

Delaney is also on the Uefa board. Image: PA Images Delaney is also on the Uefa board. Image: PA Images FORMER FAI CEO John Delaney has said that his new role at the association is because it was “impossible” for him to “do three jobs”.

The announcement came as questions were being asked over why Delaney had provided the association with a €100,000 loan in 2017. Speaking about his new role to Tipp FM’s Extra Time Junior Football Podcast, Delaney did not talk about the controversy surrounding the loan but said that his new role was because he was overworked as CEO.

And then during the week there’s an organisation with a turnover of €50 million, with 200 staff. So it’s a huge organisation now and then there’s a huge international dimension. I’m on the board of Uefa as it is. “Apart from that we have a feasibility study to do a World Cup bid with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, there a meetings in England on that next week and that’s making significant progress.

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