President urges Irish to keep singing

The President says keep on singing, but the Taoiseach is a bit more circumspect, admitting Trap’s charges now have a mountain to climb.

With the world and its mother offering their own take on Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Croatia, an upbeat Michael D Higgins urged supporters to once again find their voices for Thursday’s do or die clash with Spain.

Meeting fans in the old market square in Poznan, the President said he enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere of the 30,000-strong green army.