What better way to take your mind off a political impasse than by… oh.
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland both have crucial Euro 2016 Qualifiers this evening.
Both sides will enjoy the support of their country’s football fans. Well, most of them anyway.
This evening’s football was discussed at the Stormont Assembly, earlier. For some reason [possible bandwagoning], a couple of political parties opted to raise motions of support for the teams.
Here is how a simple matter unfolded in a needlessly complicated manner.
Common bond
An all-party agreement at Stormont at last‼️ All parties on the DCAL c'tee vote to send best wishes to NI team in tonight's big match. ⚽️
— Mark Simpson (@BBCMarkSimpson) October 8, 2015
Hold on
Political football latest: DUP rejects bid by Sinn Féin to add Rep of Ireland team to motion wishing N Ireland football team success tonight
— Mark Simpson (@BBCMarkSimpson) October 8, 2015
Hard luck Poland
Football latest: DUP motion wishing NI well: passed. Sinn Féin motion wishing Republic well: passed (after unionists add Scotland to motion)
— Mark Simpson (@BBCMarkSimpson) October 8, 2015
