Fascinating little snippet from the past (when only one team on the island was making it into international soccer finals). This in particular from one Senator Mallon:
It is a real example of what a lot of fire in the belly can do as opposed to the great odds that the Northern Ireland team faced. I have great pleasure in being associated with that motion.
Now, as you were…
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