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The latest seismic Manchester City update is finally here – an independent commission has found City guilty of serious breaches of Premier League financial rules across nine seasons, with major findings around sham contracts, misstated accounts and a failure to cooperate.

Colm Boohig, Keith Treacy Enda Coll & Matthew Brennan dig into what the verdict actually says, what sanctions could (and should) follow, and why “a fine” just doesn’t cut it. They debate everything from points deductions and expulsion, to who’s most aggrieved, what it means for players and former stars, and how football even begins to quantify the damage.

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Eoin Sheahan, Dion Fanning and Stephen Doyle are live in studio for Tuesday’s Newsround, as Manchester City have officially been found guilty of all 115 charges by the Premier League. Meanwhile Denise O’Sullivan will not travel to Kazakstan with Carla Ward’s side.

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Colm Boohig, Enda Coll, Matthew Brennan and Will O’Callaghan are in studio to discuss the ongoing issues of the weekend between Ireland and Israel. Updates include more opinions, different views and the question is raised that was the weekend a slight over reaction.

After Gavin Bazunu stood away from the squad for Sunday, the panel debate whether that would cause serious unsettlement in the camp or should the FAI have stood in more to prevent these scenarios?

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FAI president Paul Cooke faces the media after Ireland’s Nations League game with Israel — and Off The Ball Breakfast plays his full, combative exchange in full.

Cooke insists the decision to fulfil the fixture was “football democracy”, hits out at the coverage around the camp, and is repeatedly pressed on sanctions, player consultation and what would’ve happened if the squad had voted not to play.

Matthew Brennan and Dara Smith-Naughton dig into the messy fallout: the Gavin Bazunu situation, the divisiveness of a player vote, the lack of clear FAI leadership, and how much damage this week may have done to the team’s bond with the public.
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