European governing physique UEFA has fined the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) after members of its ladies’s workforce chanted a sectarian track following a World Cup qualifying match. A clip emerged on social media exhibiting gamers singing the track in assist of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army (IRA) as they celebrated a 1-0 victory over Scotland’ at Glasgow’s Hampden Park in October singing “Ooh ah, up the ‘RA”. The play-off victory certified the Republic for his or her first look at a Women’s World Cup.

UEFA mentioned Thursday, its management, ethics and disciplinary physique (CEDB) had fined the FAI 20,000 euros (17,271 kilos) over an incident it labelled “a violation of the basic rules of decent conduct”.

Speaking quickly after the clip grew to become public, each the FAI and Ireland supervisor Vera Pauw, who’s herself Dutch, apologised for the incident.

“We are sorry collectively for any hurt caused, there can be no excuse for that,” she mentioned.

Unlike rugby union, the place one workforce represents the entire of Ireland, the divided nature of presidency on the island is mirrored in separate soccer groups.

The FAI runs soccer affairs within the southern Republic of Ireland, whereas the Irish Football Association is the governing physique for the sport within the British-controlled province of Northern Ireland.

The IRA was behind a decades-long marketing campaign of violence in opposition to British rule in Northern Ireland earlier than the battle got here to an finish with a 1998 peace deal.

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