Sports Minister Shane Ross has been critical of the FAI in recent weeksIrish Sports Minister Shane Ross has revealed that the Football Association of Ireland asked the government for an 18 million euro [£15.3m] bailout. Minister Ross was speaking at a parliamentary committee meeting in Dublin on Wednesday. The minister described the request as "shocking" and said the government made it "absolutely clear" the FAI would not get the funds. "My guess is if the FAI goes, the League of Ireland goes the same way. For the second time in two weeks, the FAI had refused an invitation to attend a committee meeting to discuss its finances and governance.

Source: BBC December 18, 2019 13:41 UTC