Independent
Monday June 25 2012 The parallels with the Ireland soccer team's disastrous experience in Poland were scarily obvious. When you're on the same field as the world champions and you fail to perform to the absolute peak of your ability, it's time to run...
Independent
A scoreline that has stirred up a lot of emotion -- humiliation, anger, shame, disbelief, embarrassment -- but the over-riding feeling watching the Irish players' limp resistance at the Waikato Stadium was the sense of foolishness at being taken in.