Saturday, June 1: As the sun was rising in Ireland, our celtic tigers roared onto the pitch in Niigata.

worldcup.ie's Tokyo diarist Carrie Tighe celebrated Ireland's draw with Cameroon and ended up dressing John Salako as a Leprechaun and drinking with David Beckham's mum and dad.

Saturday, June 1: As the sun was rising in Ireland, our celtic tigers roared onto the pitch in Niigata. The stadium was awash with 8,000 irish supporters looking like a pantomine cast.

Green, white and gold decorated every inch - there was no doubt, the irish were in town.