Irish Examiner view: Sorry, not sorry for Paris troubles

Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, said: 'If there was something that went wrong at the Stade de France, it was the fight against delinquency'

Monsieur Darmanin, a former mayor of Tourcoing on the Belgian border, initially blamed large numbers of Liverpool fans travelling with counterfeit tickets which they thought they could use to jib their way into the Stade de France. File photo: Adam Davy/PA

When you have done something wrong, and it necessitates issuing an apology, it’s usually a good idea to ensure that your victim(s) are directly addressed in whatever form of words you choose to proffer.

For this reason alone, the grudging comments of Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, who has expressed his regrets to “everyone who suffered from bad management” at the Champions League Final in Paris simply don’t cut la moutarde.