Paris to give Irish fans a medal for Euro 2016 sportsmanship and atmosphere

Paris is to confer a medal of honour on the Irish soccer fans that turned the city into a sea of green and viral video hits over the course of Euro 2016.

According to the French sports newspaper L'Équipe, Mayor Anne Hidalgo has written to President Michael D Higgins to inform him of her intention to make the award - officially the Medal of the City of Paris, or 'Grand Vermeil'.