Sepp Blatter laughs at Republic of Ireland’s request to go to the World Cup

FIFA president further endears himself to Irish public

Sepp Blatter risked further fury from the FAI and Republic of Ireland’s supporters as he scoffed at their attempts to overturn Thierry Henry’s handball. The FIFA president burst into laughter as he told the story of how the FAI had requested to be the ’33rd team’ at next summer’s World Cup.