Cheeky soccer banner sold for €16k at auction

A cheeky football banner, designed by Irish soccer fans, has been sold at auction for almost €16,000.

The tricolour flag with the slogan "Angela Merkel Thinks We're At Work" hit the headlines around the world when it was displayed by fans at Dublin Airport, as they made their way to Poland for Euro 2012.

The banner was auctioned this morning and the €16,000 raised will go to the Children's Medical and Research Foundation in Dublin and the Oscar Appeal, set up to help provide treatment for Oscar Knox, a three-year-old boy from Belfast suffering with cancer.