Footballers put the boot into our Euro dream

The writing has been on the wall for some time now — events of the last week have just reinforced things.

It’s time for the Republic to leave, not just the euro, but the EU too.

The romance, if there ever was any, is well and truly over. We can’t ignore the signs any longer. For one, our electorate — well those that were around to vote — give the EU a much needed boost by passing the recent fiscal treaty referendum. And what thanks do we get? A 3-1 humbling by a nation that’s not even a full EU member followed by a 4-0 thumping from a country that has a far worse debt crisis than us.