Minute’s silence for fan ‘not planned’

Pleas for Euro 2012 organisers to hold a minute’s silence in memory of tragic Irish fan James Nolan appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

Minute’s silence for fan ‘not planned’

Despite an outpouring of grief from fans, politicians and football stars in Poland and Ireland over the 21-year -old’s death, Uefa have said there are still no plans to allow the touching tribute.

When the IT Tallaght student’s body was recovered from the River Brda on Wednesday after a three-day search, Bydgoszcz city mayor Rafal Bruski wrote to Uefa president Michel Platini asking for the public show of solidarity with his grieving family.

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