WILLIE MULLINS HAS confirmed that he as “parted company” with Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud ownership group.
The Champion Trainer told At The Races this morning that he believed the split was related to him raising his training fees for the first time in a decade.
He said:
“We’re parting company – it’s basically over fees, I imagine. I put up my fees for the first time in 10 years and Gigginstown chose not to pay them.
That’s it, we’re just parting company.
“I’m not willing to try to maintain the standards I have (without putting the fees up), so that’s the way it is.”
Earlier this year Gigginstown removed their horses from the yards of Tony Martin and Sandra Hughes over disappointing results.
It is not yet know where the 60 horses — which includes Grade One winners such as Don Poli, Apple’s Jade, Valseur Lido and Sir Des Champs — will land though Gordon Elliott and Mouse Morris both have existing relationships with Gigginstown.
The poor mans Sepp Blatter.
And we all know why he got the gig!
It’s all very well giving out about it, but the LOI clubs have a responsibility to join together and look for answers on behalf of their supporters, who are the people who actually care about football in this country.
Strength in numbers etc.
They do Niall, and have tried. Not sure how to link back but I wrote about the PCA a few weeks back, header was about FAI flexing muscles.
Here we are: http://www.the42.ie/john-o-sullivan-2091548-May2015/
league of Ireland winners get a hundred grand, John Delaney gets 3 hundred plus…..
Disgrace. Delaney is a boil on the backside of Irish football. Very unlikeable man.
Thank you for your honest article on the FAI.
there is an old mathematical equation power minus accountability equals corruption delaney should be more open to prevent people feeling that the equation follows
John Delaney and his self appointed cohorts in the FAI are a cancer on.football in the Republic of Ireland. they represent all that is corrupt in the corporate beauocratic ivory towers of Irish political life whereby the normal decent genuine iIrish man or woman.in that field pay the price. it is truly disgusting that Delaney got the top job and ridiculous high salary with absolutely no credentials aside from his father having a top.job preciously in.the FAI. a truly deplorable part of Irish life and the brain drain of young irish people emigrating will continue for future generations while these unethical, scrumbags continue to scheme and manipulate and take their obscene salaries for doing sweet damm.all. it is a disgrace. an absolute disgrace.
It’s very easy to blame the Governing body but what about the clubs and how they are run, the people that run them. Take a look at the lower divisions across the water and they’re in the same boat, complaining about the FA etc. no money. And as for journalists and I use the term lightly these says but it’s all about tearing it apart, rarely have I read a positive story about Delaney or the FAI and they do a great job all things considered and YES they could do a better job just like every other business. If by some miracle we get to France next year and make the quarters or semis all will be forgiven yet there’s more to the FAI than the Boys in Green.
(I think that’s John!^^^)
The reason they are called the ‘Governing’ body is that they are supposed to …. govern! While I may agree with your point that some of the Clubs need to take a bigger responsibility about how they are run or who is in fact running them, if there was real interest and focus from the FAI to set proper standards and guidelines, then I think that could eliminate problems before they arise?
As John Delaney himself was quoted as saying that the SSE Airtricity League was a “difficult child for the organisation”, is it not his sole responsibility to ensure that this issue is addressed? A ‘problem child’ is one who is seeking attention and while their behaviour may be deemed as inappropriate, this tends to be manifested and exacerbated when they feel they are not being listen to or don’t feel valued or wanted. Problem children should not be ignored, what they do need, is to be cared for, valued and nurtured and when all this positive attention is afforded to them, they grow and develop in to much more stable, grounded and mature people.
With that analogy, I would question and challenge your view that John Delaney and the FAI “do a great job all things considered”. If ‘all things’ are going to be considered, then we have to look from grass roots right the way up to the League of Ireland and on to the International teams. Unfortunately, on all fronts, the FAI under the stewardship of John Delaney do not have a glowing record and in all areas, as we should be much more advanced than we find ourselves today. Sport is about participation, sadly, with so much secrecy and very little transparency in the FAI, they do not allow fair participation either from the Clubs or the general supporter. If that be the case, then the FAI must be afforded full responsibility if and when things go wrong, and then they should be allowed justify the salaries that are paid out to all those concerned with responsibility for the future of Irish football.
FORAS? so you recommend pitch invasions and then private talks rather getting public answer to questions?
You might read the last line in the piece again Steve.
What I, or anyone involved in the league might recommend (or like to see happen) doesn’t always match the realities that we continue to deal with. As for FORAS, if your club’s owner ever has you facing extension in the High Court with €1.3million of debt carelessly run up, I’ll be on the pitch next to you.
G’ah. *extinction