”Chiedozie Ogbene just broke into the Republic of Ireland senior squad. “I remember playing in our first ever All Ireland semi final against the best team in the country, which was St Joseph’s Boys. “Over the years we would play Dublin teams in the national cup. There would be a drop off at 16 of lads playing but the black lads drop off in far greater numbers. BBC Newsnight also spoke to Ken McCue, the guiding hand behind Sport Against Racism Ireland (Sari), about losing two players from the same Insaka Glentoran FC underage team in such harrowing circumstances.

Source: The Irish Times June 06, 2021 06:00 UTC