Irish fans drowning their sorrows

So, “Irish soccer fans are the best fans in the world” — or so we are told endlessly by RTE sports personalities and numerous reporters.

Daily we are told how our Green Brigade are so well behaved. Sure aren’t they only enjoying themselves.

Not long ago Marian Finucane was interviewing some soccer pundit from the FAI on her weekend radio programme and his description of the typical Irish soccer fan was “the Irish soccer fan is the best fan in the world because they get drunk, fall down and get up again”.