Sound of silence: RTÉ unhappy with Stephen Kenny’s failure to appear for live TV interview

NO TIME TO CHAT: RTÉ’s Tony O’Donoghue watching the second half of the Ireland-Azerbaijan match at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, with Stephen Kenny, who failed to talk to the channel in the aftermath of defeat, in the background. Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

The worse thing is the silence. That was the most telling aspect of the fallout from this latest low point for Irish football.

Stephen Kenny’s failure to appear before the live RTÉ cameras for a post-match interview, instead leaving the explanations to youngsters Josh Cullen and Adam Idah, was not a good look.