Sir, – Stand up for the “Boys in Green” both on and off the pitch for lifting our spirits over the last few weeks in what otherwise have been very dark times. Congratulations in particular to our marvellous fans who, having won praise throughout France, have now won the City of Paris Medal for their “exemplary sportsmanship”. If their bonhomie towards all they meet could be replicated within Europe as a whole, perhaps there would be a brighter future for the European project. – Yours, etc,
ADRIENNE GARVEY,
Dublin 8.