Government backs FAI demands for match replay

FURY over Thierry Henry’s handball has escalated into an international incident as the Government backed FAI demands for a replay of the match.

The move came as Fine Gael branded FIFA a “deeply suspect” organisation and insisted the matter be raised at ministerial level with Paris.

The French player’s double-touch cheating which forced Ireland out of next year’s World Cup finals dominated Dáil proceedings as TDs voiced national outrage at the blatant rule breaking.