At what cost ?Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Vampires never die.
When his payoff is calculated he'll be bleeding us dry for some time to come.
Press released late Saturday evening, Barry Egan exclusive next week I imagine...
Probably the negotiation of his farewell package wasn't so straightforward...
You would hope that in the case of financial fraud, he could be dismissed without resort to a farewell package. Most people can be; it should be in your contract.
I'd worry there wasn't a huge appetite there to get rid of him.
Very valid point made, I think, by Ryle Nugent on Newstalk this afternoon that the publication of the announcement at 11pm or so on a Saturday night itself has a reek of sulphur about it in that it was likely to have been timed to ensure that the Sunday Times who would have just gone to press couldn't cover it. Instead of a "new broom", it suggests that, like the Grim Reaper, the ghost of John Delaney still hangs heavily over Abbotstown. While I wouldn't have any time for Shane Ross, particularly in the context of sport, his continuing pressure on the FAI board is vitally important.
The figure being bandied about for John Delaney is in region of 400k in lieu of pension entitlements. While I wouldn't give a penny, his "golden handcuff" contract was supposed to be worth two million. It suggests to me that what's due to come out in the various reports will undermine Delaney completely, and that in their response, the FAI wouldn't be able to defend the continued existence of Delaney on the payroll and therefore he had to be got rid of now.
Paul Rowan suggesting a payout of 200k on twitter - though the same point is there, that it's a lot smaller than you'd expect, and that can only mean a lot of dirt to come out.
RTÉ I think it was were suggesting other board members and/or finance department personnel (who signed off on expenses) may be in trouble yet.
We may have just come through the quiet eye of the hurricane.
I heard of the €400k pay off figure from the UK Times journalist on RTE. He said "from his sources".
I don't know if there will much more dirt, maybee the FAI already had enough for a dismissal case against Delaney. Should Delaney have taken the issue to a labour court or whatever, then he would have had to answer the thorny questions under cross examination whlist in the dock, where he can't claim "thats a confidential issue".
Well there's a report due out on 7th October; RTÉ note it's expected to be the "first of the various reports into the affairs of the FAI", although that could easily just be a case of regurgitating what we already know of course. But touch wood it might have a bit of bite.
Is it too much to suspect that the headlines of of a rugby-related nature may have motivated the decision to announce this now? On the broadsheets this morning the Delaney news was decidedly a tertiary story to various "Blossom" puns.
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€500,000 reported in IT.
of course delaney has irish football at heart taking that amount from the cash strapped fai
Delaney thinks that money is bad for Irish football , thats why he kept so much of it for himself and his cronies .
Included in that pay off amount is the salary since him being stood down, so that's another €1.2m+ to the wánker.
I think it's okay to call him that, not hard to prove.
Where'd you get the 1.2m from?
30k a month since he was suspended is about 180k
I assumed he was put out to grass on his monthly salary of €120+k as reported by the media, ad nauseum.
His monthly salary was never 120k though?
His annual was 360k (plus his rent plus 160k from UEFA), and he was only five months "out to grass"
Thankfully he is gone, the money its taken to get rid of him is annoying but probably only a drop in the ocean compared to various legal costs, and other costs if we were to keep him or even sack him. Good riddance. Hopefully the first step in many to revamp Irish Football
Where did you get the. 30k figure from? Delaney’s fai salary was reduced from 360k pa to 120k pa at the end of March. The Ides of Gibraltar.
€350,000 being reported now with a bit more authority.
a stupid amount of money but much less than I feared it could be
Let's be pessimistic and suppose that when it's reported he was suspended on full pay, it means his original 360k.
If it's the reduced 120k, then all the better
Doesn't explain your figure of 1.2m though. 5 months at 120k pa is 50k, not 1.2m
Last edited by pineapple stu; 30/09/2019 at 7:39 AM.
I just made a small calculation mistakeIt was widely reported about Delaney salary reduction from €360k pa to €120k pa after the initial rumpus and a few weeks before being stood down. The supposed act of largesse had some irony.
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