The CEO of the FAI, Jonathan Hill, received €12,000 in lieu of holiday days not taken, leading to a controversy over his payment. The FAI, under probation, had their funding frozen until the money was returned. Despite progress made by Hill's new regime, the FAI continues to face problems.
WELL, IN THE end, it was all just a misunderstood joke. For the avoidance of what the FAI might call a difference of interpretation, we refer not to the whole endeavour of Irish football here, but to the baroque explanation for how CEO Jonathan Hill ended up getting paid €12,000 in lieu of holiday days not taken.
The FAI are under probation, so when it emerged last year that Hill’s remuneration had exceeded his permitted salary under the terms of their State bailout, funding was frozen until the money was paid back. It led to a brief blitz of unhelpful headlines about State funding and CEO pay, but it was complex and pretty small fry. The money was returned and Sport Ireland were quick to praise the amount of progress that had been made by Hill’s new regime since they started sifting through the wreckage of the whole operation. All good. But alas, the FAI usually find a way to lose on the swings and on the roundabouts. The problems have arisen not in the act but in the explanatio
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