Irish FA's board to step down over loan scandal - minister


FILE PHOTO: Chief Executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) John Delaney (R) at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland - November 15, 2018 REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The entire board of Irish soccer's governing body has decided to step down by July in the wake of a furore over an undisclosed 100,000 euro (£86,371) loan, Transport Minister Shane Ross said on Tuesday.

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) acknowledged last week it had broken state funding rules by failing to tell authorities about the short-term loan made by its former chief executive, John Delaney, in 2017.

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