Paddy Power bubble-wrapped a Dublin bookies ahead of Sunday's England game

To make it 'yob-proof'. Sigh…

With all their usual tact and grace, Paddy Power have prepared a special venue on Baggot Street for any visiting English fans who wish to place a bet ahead of

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And they've wrapped it in bubble wrap.

To make it 'yob-proof'.

They explain:

"The extraordinary step has seen the bookmaker cover the entire shop with bubble wrap in hope of avoiding any damage that may come from violent yobs, knobs and hooligans who may infiltrate the Three Lions’ well-meaning travelling support."

They even bubble-wrapped a dog.

Sunday will mark the first time Ireland has hosted the English team since the infamous 1995 Lansdowne Road riot which forced the abandonment of the match with the Irish team leading 1-0. It's a touch subject but of course Paddy Power

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And Paddy Power himself has released a statement:

“It’s not that I’m anti-English. Some of my best friends are English. But you can’t deny they have sent us some bad eggs over time. Cromwell for example. He would have smashed up The Aviva if it was around in the 1600s. Us Irish wage war in a more subtle way. We just pillage their players and send them Louis Walsh”

We’re definitely even then.