College American football game in Dublin drawing tens of thousands of US fans

US ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin speaks to the media during a press conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)

A highly anticipated college football game in Dublin has witnessed the largest single peacetime movement of US citizens out of the country, the US ambassador to Ireland has said.

Around 40,000 American football fans from the US have descended on the Irish capital for Saturday’s encounter between Notre Dame and Navy at the Aviva Stadium.