Political impasse but Irish boys rule Czechs

Republic of Ireland 5 Czech Republic 2: The scoresheet told the feel-good story, the team sheets the political one.

Tue, 12 Apr, 2016 - 01:00

Larry Ryan

An industrious and skilful Republic of Ireland U15 team overwhelmed their Czech opponents at Clonmel Celtic’s grounds yesterday afternoon.

Afterwards, FAI communications officer Stephen Finn was keen the performance wouldn’t go unnoticed amid the constant fretting about Irish football’s underage structures.

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