Harry Arter wants to earn right to make himself heard

Harry Arter’s Plan B when a thigh injury ruled him out of last year’s European Championships was a holiday in Marbella with a bunch of mates followed by a stint in Barcelona with his partner.

Both are destinations beloved by generations of sun-seeking Irish tourists and yet Arter wasn’t exactly swamped by hordes of green-clad fans watching the Republic of Ireland go about their business across the border in France.

“There was a few in Marbella, but none of them noticed me,’ he says.