Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion

Mr. Jonathan Hill:

We signed a mutual NDA in relation to it, so in theory no one was meant to be talking to anyone. What we are aware of is that the individuals involved went to speak to six of the clubs directly, we think in contravention of the NDA. All of that was explained to the board. The clubs are aware of the proposal. In short, the proposal is based on some very aggressive media projections. While we are pleased there is interest in the League of Ireland from external investors and we would welcome it moving forward, on this particular occasion we did not think it would work, primarily because we needed two parties to talk to an all-island league and the other party involved also did not want to move forward. On that occasion, we felt we should not do it. I am reasonably comfortable most of the clubs were aware of the broad proposal being made.

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