Only a video referee can reveal the hand of God or a French flick

DURING the recession of the 1980s sport helped to lift the public gloom, but unfortunately what happened in Paris on Wednesday night has only added to it now.

The Irish team put up a magnificent performance, as did the Irish supporters. I wonder how would English supporters have behaved in Paris if their team had been robbed in that way?

No doubt after-match incidents would have been making the news the following morning, so we can be proud of the way Irish supporters behaved. The whole thing once again demonstrates the need to introduce a video referee.