Tommy Martin: Why League of Ireland players have freedom to speak loudest in game of political football

Leading domestic footballers have registered their opposition to Ireland's scheduled game against Israel - while our internationals have yet remained silent. 

Andrew Moran and Eiran Cashin, right, during a Republic of Ireland training session at La Finca Resort in Alicante on Friday. Pic: Silvestre Szpylma/Sportsfile

It hasn’t gone away you know.

When the whole Israel Nations League thing broke in February it seemed like it would hang over Irish football like a bad smell, spoiling what we then hoped would be a summer of non-stop World Cup vibes.