The team celebrated their 1-0 victory against the Scots in the locker room
The Irish Football Federation (FAI) has apologized this Wednesday after the broadcast of a video showing the players of the national team singing a song that contained words of support for the IRA.
“We apologize from the bottom of our hearts,” said the FAI and Ireland’s national team coach, Vera Peacockin a common statement.
The video shows members of the national team celebrating their 1-0 victory against Scotland in the changing rooms at Glasgow’s Hampden Park on Tuesday, chanting the words “Ooh ah, up the +RA+“assimilated to support for the former paramilitary group.
“We will discuss this with the players to remind them of their responsibilities. I have spoken with the players this morning. [por este miércoles] and we collectively feel the pain that we may have caused. There are no excuses,” said Vera Pauw.
They sang “a hundred songs”
The team sang a hundred songs yesterday [por el martes] and it is the only one that has come out [en las redes]”, the defense Aine O’Gorman has lamented on RTE radio. “We want to present our apologies to those who have felt hurt,” he added.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has discussed the issue among Northern Ireland political party officials.
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