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‘Beating Italy is a lovely anniversary … but there is another in Loughinisland … It needs to be spoken about as much’

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‘Beating Italy is a lovely anniversary … but there is another in Loughinisland … It needs to be spoken about as much’

Defeating the Italians at Giants Stadium is one of Irish football’s greatest days, but for Niall Quinn and others, it can never be separated from the horrific events that happened hours later in a Co Down pub

Ray Houghton’s shot which looped over the head of Italy goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca at the World Cup at Giants Stadium in 1994

June 18, 1994 – too much to remember, too much to forget and too easy to make the choice.

A day when an Ireland team made the world stand up and shake their heads in astonishment; also, a day when an Ireland theme of the time caused the world to sit down and bury their heads in admonishment.

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