Prom night at the Aviva as Ireland's Cinderella Hoolahan plays himself into contention

While last night’s events on the pitch were totally insignificant in comparison to what was going on a few miles away at Leinster House, Ireland and Poland was, in its own unique way, also a prom night. In the American sense of the word, of course.

Conor Sammon went to the ball after Giovanni Trapattoni publicly declared his love for him, but the show was stolen by what you could term, going on the manager’s previous ignorance, our own Cinderella in Wes Hoolahan.