As in the reverse fixture, a 3-0 win in Hungary, Republic players bowed their heads during the Israel anthem and Kelleher did not shake hands with Peretz, though both exchanged handshakes with officials. Both sides wore black armbands. The Republic’s, the same as in Hungary to acknowledge – as the Football Association of Ireland chief David Courrell explained before that contest – “all lives lost” in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
