Irish Daily Mirror

FAI asked to explain loan from Delaney

- BY TREVOR QUINN

John Delaney SPORT Ireland last night said it is “seeking urgent clarificat­ion” from the FAI about cash loaned to them by John Delaney.

The agency has asked the organisati­on’s Board to “clarify the media reports” from the chief executive, “including the circumstan­ces of the loan and its repayment”.

Sport Ireland said it was “not notified at any stage in 2017 about any apparent material deteriorat­ion in the FAI’S financial position, as per [the agency’s] terms and conditions of grant approval, and has sought additional clarificat­ion in relation to this matter”.

It comes after John Delaney confirmed he had provided the FAI with a €100,000 bridging loan in April of that year. got a pretty happy demeanor.” Harper is currently on a breathing machine and her condition is being monitored in Arnot Ogden’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after she suffered some trauma during the birth.

Doctors have said they will be keeping a close watch on her sugar and oxygen levels this week.

The couple adopted their first child in 2012 after accepting their chances of conceiving were slim. They were later shocked to learn Joi had fallen pregnant. Joking about her new baby’s weight yesterday, she told local TV station WETM: “She may end up with a linebacker build, just like me.”

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CONCERN
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SPECIAL DELIVERY Norman & Joi Buckley with baby Harper
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GROWING FAMILY The Buckleys with their kids
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RECOVERING Proud mum Joi

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