Ireland apologise for singing pro-IRA song after reaching Women’s World Cup

FAI and team manager ‘apologise for any offence caused’Players singing in dressing room after beating Scotland

The Football Association of Ireland has apologised after a video emerged on social media of Ireland’s women singing a song with a pro-IRA chorus after qualifying for the World Cup on Tuesday.

The clip showed the team celebrating in their Hampden Park dressing room after their 1-0 victory over Scotland, singing “Ooh ah, up the ‘RA” – words associated with support of the Irish Republican Army. It comes from a song, Celtic Symphony by The Wolfe Tones, released in 1987 for the centennial of Celtic football club.

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