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"They're something that we thought we might not see for quite some considerable time at any part of the tournament, but to start off on that note, it's unedifying, it's pretty shocking," he added. "Uefa have come out and condemned it in very strong language and I think everybody feels the same. It's a poor start to the competition, I hope it can be rectified and sorted out.
"People are talking about maybe segregation wasn't strong enough, but do you know what? If people are setting out for trouble, I think they'll cause it regardless and from the pictures that we saw, it was pretty disconcerting."
Captain Robbie Keane was also asked for his views on Uefa's hardline stance.
"If it cost you your place at the tournament, it would obviously be disappointing because you work so hard to get here as a team, as a nation and then you see something like this. It's not great to see. "They let everybody down. You have to say there's only a select few that always ruin it for everybody else, so it's very, very disappointing to see."To this point, thankfully, the Irish fans have restricted themselves to some light-hearted traffic disruption. https://twitter.com/PaddyMcKenna/status/742030056403406848


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