The gloves were off yesterday as the chief executive of Sport Ireland John Treacy faced the Oireachtas Committee for Transport, Tourism and Sport to discuss John Delaney, the FAI and the mysterious €100,000 loan made to the association by its former chief executive in 2017. Malachy Clerkin was at the four hour session in which Treacy was blunt when asked about his confidence in the organisation, he writes: “John Treacy isn’t generally a studs-up kind of guy. Strange as it might seem to anyone who has followed John Delaney’s career, Treacy has always taken the approach that the CEO of a sporting body shouldn’t be in the news for very much beyond the nuts and bolts of the job at hand. Elsewhere Manchester City made light work of Cardiff City, with goals from Kevin de Bruyne and Leroy Sane sending them back to the top of the Premier League table. In the night’s other fixture, Chelsea eased past Brighton to leapfrog Manchester United and move into fifth place.

Source: The Irish Times April 04, 2019 06:22 UTC