Parrott’s Budapest stunner voted Ireland’s sporting moment of 2025

The annual Teneo Sport and Sponsorship Index found a surge in positivity towards Heimir Hallgrimsson's national team on the back of World Cup qualification heroics 

HERO OF HUNGARY: Ireland colleagues clear the way for the man of the hour, Troy Parrott , after his epic hat-trick nicked a World Cup play-off berth from Hungary's grasp at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest. Ireland will travel to Prague to play Czechia in March and look to secure a play off final spot for five days later - potentially against Denmark. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The stud-poke heard around the world has made a lasting mark on the Irish public. 

Troy Parrott's sinew-stretching 95th-minute winner in Budapest last month, which kept Ireland's hopes of making it back to a FIFA World Cup for the first time in 24 years alive, has been voted as the most memorable sporting moment of 2025.