
Share
4th June 2015
06:23pm BST

The Huffington Post were stunned linking to a since-deleted RTE tweet
https://twitter.com/HuffPostSports/status/606483718241460224
While renowned French journalist also couldn't quite believe what he heard
https://twitter.com/PhilippeAuclair/status/606481497374257152
https://twitter.com/PhilippeAuclair/status/606500987881328640
Oliver Kay of The Times struggled to comprehend the stupidity of it all
https://twitter.com/OliverKayTimes/status/606484447597203457
As did Andrew McKenna, of talkSPORT
https://twitter.com/talksportMacca/status/606482349254164481
While his comments made an impression on Elmer Polanco, one of ESPN's Latin American correspondents
https://twitter.com/PolancoESA/status/606484771460411392
Gabrielle Marcotti wondered why we are only hearing about this now
https://twitter.com/Marcotti/status/606484841958371328
The US edition of the Guardian was also on the case
https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/606507918163341312
While those with a focus on Irish football simply wondered whatever happened to this FIFA handout
https://twitter.com/alansmith90/status/606509595356483584Explore more on these topics: