FAI says it will not attend Oireachtas Sport Committee after former manager Eileen Gleeson invited

"The Football Association of Ireland cited an ongoing garda investigation"

"The Football Association of Ireland has written to the Oireachtas Sport Committee to say it will not be attending a hearing scheduled for next week."

"The FAI had been due to appear before the committee on Wednesday, September 24."

The Football Association of Ireland has informed the Oireachtas Sport Committee that it will not attend a scheduled hearing next week because of an ongoing garda investigation. The absence was communicated in a written notice to the committee. The FAI had been expected to appear on Wednesday, September 24. The decision to withdraw from the hearing delays the committee's planned scrutiny or questioning of the association. The ongoing garda investigation is the stated reason for the non-attendance. No alternative date or further details about the investigation were provided in the notice.

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