JOEY MILLAR looks at the astonishing decline of Ireland’s international team since the World Cup victory over Italy in 1994

In the midst of all the beautiful chaos in Brazil last summer, an anniversary passed with little fanfare: it has been exactly 20 years since Ireland’s greatest World Cup triumph, a 1-0 win over Italy at USA ’94. Today, the win remains the high-water mark for Irish football and serves primarily as a reminder of how far the national side has since fallen.That victory in Giants Stadium brought validation to a country that had spent most of its ...