Ian O’Doherty: After months of teasing, Irish fans, ‘the best in the world’, deserve better from the FAI

Surely Irish fans deserve better than empty promises? Getty

Ian O'Doherty

A friend of mine recently sent me a series of YouTube videos of Irish football fans abroad and on the lash. I’ve always been rather sceptical about our self-proclaimed notion that we are the greatest fans in the world – after all, self praise is no praise at all.

But I have to admit that it was wonderful and I’m also not ashamed to say that some of the footage brought tears of pride to my normally dark and unforgiving eyes.