Dublin--The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) on Friday published a timetable of how it received a five-million-euro loan from FIFA in return for dropping a legal case.
The details came after Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Friday called for further information about the "extraordinary" loan.
The FAI said because FIFA had confirmed the transaction, it was no longer bound by the confidentiality agreement between them over the settlement.
"The board of the association acted at all times in the best interests of Irish football, and in full compliance with Irish company law," the FAI insisted.
The development comes amid a corruption scandal engulfing FIFA that has seen FIFA executives arrested, its president Sepp Blatter announce his resignation and former executive committee member Chuck Blazer admit to paying bribes.
France qualified for the 2010 World Cup at Ireland's expense after Thierry Henry blatantly handled the ball when setting up William Gallas for the decisive goal in a play-off match in Paris in November 2009.
In their timetable of the settlement with FIFA, the FAI said they had "left the issue of legal action on the table" after FIFA "provided no suggestion of a football solution" to the situation, rejecting calls for a replay.
When Blatter publicly made a joke of the FAI's request for Ireland to be the 33rd team at the 2010 World Cup, "this was in direct breach of agreed confidentiality and subsequently brought reputational damage to the FAI," the body said.
AFP
