Irish team steal Leo Varadkar’s thunder with playoff date

Martin was thrilled with Ireland’s World Cup playoff draw — Leo less so.

Irish team steal Leo Varadkar’s thunder with playoff date

With the Boys in Green breathing a sigh of relief having been paired with Denmark, the Blueshirts were cursing after confirmation that the first leg in Copenhagen will clash with the Taoiseach’s televised address to Fine Gael Ard Fheis on November 11.

So while Ireland will take to the pitch in the Parken Stadium at 7.45pm on that Saturday evening for the make or break tie live on RTÉ 2, Mr Varadkar will take to the podium at the same time on RTÉ 1.

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