Joanna Byrne
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61 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 10 Jun
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As I say, the crux of the issue here isn't where the match is played.
The crux of the issue is who's participating in the match and who are expected to play.
I'm not convinced at this moment in time.
As I said to you at the onset of this conversation, I think yesterday's developments and rumblings of this match being moved, in some sense, there's a positive that you can take from that.
There's recognition that there's discontent amongst the Irish public and there's recognition that there's massive discontent amongst the Irish footballing community, as we've spoke about already.
The FAI's own stakeholders and their own members have voted massively in favour of Israel being suspended from international competitions.
They're moving very quickly.
They've got the numbers to bring an extraordinary general meeting in the coming weeks.
And that will be to take a vote for them not to fulfil this fixture.
So, you know, I'm not at this stage.
It's probably still very early doors.
I don't I'm not privy to the FBI's discussions, but I certainly think there's recognition at this stage that there's massive discomfort with this match proceeding in any way, shape or form.
It could have been a test in the waters to see, you know, how would it go if we opted to move it to a neutral venue?
It could have been a test in the waters to see how.
this evening's motions and tomorrow's motions go and what government's response may have been to them.
There could be a multitude of factors going in there.
Only the FBI can answer that.
But sincerely, from my point of view and certainly from Sinn Féin's point of view, we don't want this match to proceed at all.
It's not about it being played in Hungary, in Timbuktu, in Dublin or anywhere.
We don't want these matches to go ahead at all and we don't believe they should.
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