Ireland out of its league

The facts and figures in the F and A columns don’t lie (and it’s not over yet).

If we needed an analogy of what’s wrong with Ireland, the European Football Championships couldn’t provide a better example.

First of all, we have players who are grossly overpaid when one compares their technical ability to their counterparts in leagues other than the Premiership, while their worshipping fans are hardly paid more than subsistence wages in comparison; do I have to mention politicians and the people who elect them in the same breath?