Ireland playing in a World Cup should not be hidden from the sporting public

Ireland players during the national anthem before their World Cup warm-up match against Japan at the National Hockey Stadium in UCD. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Sinéad Kissane

There’s just no getting away from the TV promos about the World Cup starting this weekend, is there? The ads are all over RTÉ.

We know, we know, the World Cup is coming, we’re the defending World Cup finalists (who knows if that’s even a phrase as we rarely get to use it) and this is most definitely worth the jamboree.