Fair enough, didn't know that.
As I say I'm not privy to all the details but there has been no scuttlebutt around here about trouble with the FAI thus far. We've had two very high profile fundraisers so far this season, the Dunphy/Houghton night and the Champions League draw, both of which did very well I think, so I'd hazard a guess that they've been enough to keep the income high enough to keep everything kosher. The problem is that this money will soon be gone, there are no really big fundraisers in the offing (and that well might be dry for a while anyway), and that at the end of the day it's only bums on seats that will keep us up at the sharp end. Hence the appeal and the timing of it.
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