John Fallon: Ireland team has become the story through a single signal of resistance

The Ireland team during the Israel national anthem. Pic: Inpho

Seeing is believing. Heimir Hallgrímsson may have a point when declaring the actions of his players around Sunday’s game against Israel would have raised awareness about the plight of the Palestinian population.

Everybody knows how close the Irish team came to vetoing Sunday’s first meeting in Hungary – even the manager felt on Saturday a no-show was imminent – but the array of gestures at the stadium spoke volumes of the feeling within the camp.