However, interim chief executive Gary Owens has this evening urged members to agree to an email vote. FAI rules decree buy-off must first be obtained from a majority of council members for any loan facility of over €1.27m. Coronavirus concerns were behind the decision in recent days to switch the meeting from FAI headquarters to a larger hotel room. The FAI's financial advisors Grant Thornton and legal consultants A&L Goodbody were due to attend the meeting. "We will go through the detail of the financial proposal with Bank of Ireland at a Council meeting on that date."

Source: Irish Independent March 15, 2020 19:07 UTC