UEFA has fined the Soccer Affiliation of Eire after its senior girls’s staff sang a pro-IRA music after their World Cup play-off win over Scotland.
A video circulated on-line of the Republic of Eire gamers singing the music, and UEFA confirmed on October 13 it was investigating the incident for potential inappropriate behaviour.
On Thursday, European soccer’s governing physique stated its Management, Ethics and Disciplinary physique had fined the FAI 20,000 euros (ÂŁ17,271) over the incident, describing it as “a violation of the fundamental guidelines of respectable conduct”.
Talking in October, Eire supervisor Vera Pauw admitted the incident “forged a shadow” over their achievement of reaching their first Ladies’s World Cup.
“We’ve completed a factor that harm individuals,” Pauw informed Sky Sports activities Information. “It is no excuse that we didn’t imply to harm anybody, it isn’t an excuse that we have been celebrating. Our key worth is that we respect individuals, so I really apologise.
“We’ve harm individuals and it would not matter if we did not intend it or not – we should always have identified higher. The gamers are really harm by the actual fact they harm others.
Vera Pauw took cost of the Republic of Eire in 2019
“I would love, on behalf of all of the gamers, my employees, myself, to apologise for what has occurred. Let’s deal with it as an schooling of our obligations.
“It is not as a result of it received placed on social media as a result of, if it hadn’t been placed on social media, it is nonetheless unsuitable. We should not have completed it and we are going to by no means do it once more.”
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