Enda McEvoy: Cohesive Ireland can recreate magic of Euro ’88

We are the Boys in Green, the best you’ve ever seen

That was a nice little slice of history on RTÉ on Tuesday evening, wasn’t it? In case you missed it, it was called Euro 88: We Can Beat This Lot and — well, the title says everything.

It lasted for half an hour, it was bilingual and it was cheap and cheerful in the best sense of the term. There was lots of footage, some from surprising sources and angles, and not too many talking heads. Mercifully the programme makers had sufficient cop-on not to allow David McWilliams to pontificate, yet again, on how Jack Charlton was one of the midwives of the Celtic Tiger.