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Irish unveil terms of secret FIFA cash deal over handball (The Associated Press)

Yahoo! Sports | June 5, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Handball, Football Association of Ireland, Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland

DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish soccer chiefs disclosed documentary evidence Friday of how FIFA paid millions to buy Ireland's silence on the handball that cost the Irish a chance to reach the 2010 World Cup.

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The documents - published after the Football Association of Ireland suffered a daylong barrage of international criticism over its decision to take the confidential payment - detail a series of meetings in Switzerland involving FAI and FIFA chiefs, including President Sepp Blatter.

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