“This team gave everything,” Ken writes. “It wasn’t enough.” Although we’re left with a humongous ‘what if?’ about the needless concession of that penalty soon after Ireland had gone 2-0 up. As Gavin Cummiskey puts it in his match report, “it was a massive moment – mainly because the Czechs seemed ready to implode”. They “gave everything, went two goals ahead in normal time, hit the woodwork twice, drew a world-class save out of the Czech keeper. And in racing, tomorrow’s Dubai World Cup programme will go ahead – despite it taking place in a war zone.

Source: The Irish Times March 27, 2026 15:41 UTC