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One photo that shows how Irish football fans are different to all the rest

One photo that shows how Irish football fans are different to all the rest

The start of Euro 2016 has been tarnished by photographs and videos of clashes between rival sets of supporters from England and Russia.

Uefa, Europe's football governing body, has come in for criticism for the lack of security and segregation in Marseille's Stade Velodrome on Saturday night.

But as the violence from the weekend subsided, Sweden took on Ireland in St Denis - and it soon became clear that little security would be needed in that Monday afternoon game.

As well as videos of green and yellow-clad fans singing Abba songs together outside the ground, a photograph widely shared on social media appeared to show a man dressed as a Leprechaun sat in the middle of a sea of Sweden supporters...

There didn't appear to be any trouble...

He was just sat there enjoying the game...

If only all sets of supporters could be the same...

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