UUP offers to support appeal against FIFA ruling

The Ulster Unionist Party is offering to support a possible challenge to the FIFA ruling that footballers born in the North can play for the Republic if they choose.

The Ulster Unionist Party is offering to support a possible challenge to the FIFA ruling that footballers born in the North can play for the Republic if they choose.

The party's deputy leader, Danny Kennedy, has written to the Irish Football Association seeking a meeting to discuss the matter.

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