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Silver linings following soccer defeat as relations between Ireland and Britain are 'reset'

President Michael D Higgins, FAI president Paul Cooke, British prime minister Keir Starmer, and Taoiseach Simon Harris during the Republic of Ireland v England match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

It took England just 26 minutes to put Ireland to bed in the sunshine at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening, but in the aftermath of Heimir Hallgrímsson's first outing as Ireland boss, there are some silver linings.

Granted, most of them won't help the Irish fans who watched Lee Carsley's England cut with ease through Ireland's rearguard en route to a Jack Grealish goal, England's second.