Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakamaherehia he whakahe whakapono hei whakahe ki te tukinga tuatahi o te Raki o Ireland ki a Finland i te Ratapu. Kua takaro te kapa ā-motu ki tāwāhi i tētahi Rātapu i mua, ko te mea hōu rawa i roto i to rātau whakataetae tohu Euro 2016 i Hungary, engari i tēnei wiki ka hurihia te whenua i Belfast. Kua tupato te Irish Football Association i roto i te mua ki te kore e whakarite i nga taatai o te Ratapu, a, i tetahi wa he tuhinga o te hononga e whakamana ana i taua kaupapa here, engari kaore i kaha ki te mahi i te wa i whakauruhia ai e te UEFA tana mahere 'wiki o te whutupaoro' mo te pakanga tohu o naianei. Engari kaore e taea e tenei te whakaiti i nga kaiwhakawhiwhi, ko etahi o ratou i karanga ki te IFA ki te whakakore i te whakataetae. He tirohanga whānui o Windsor Park i te wā o te whakataetae whakataetae Ipu o te Ao i waenganui i Ireland ki te Raki me Slovakia i te tau 2009. E whakamahere ana te Free Presbyterian Church ki te whakahaere i tētahi ratonga i tōna whare karakia Tyndale Memorial, e noho ana i te torutoru rau maero noa iho i Windsor Park, 75 meneti i mua i te tīmatanga o te 5pm. I tēnei wā, kua whakaputaina e te Evangelical Protestant Society tētahi kōrero e whakaatu ana i tōna whakamataku ki ngā mahi. 'Ko te wa tuatahi tenei ka tu he whakataetae whutupaoro o te ao ki Belfast i te Ratapu, a ka tohu i tetahi atu wa whakahirahira i roto i te whakakahoretanga o te Ulster hou o te ra o te Ariki,' ka korerotia. 'He maha rawa ngā kaupapa hākinakina, pāpori hoki e whakaritea ana i ngā Rātapu, ā, kāore i te tino whakaaro ki ngā tika o ngā Evangelical, nā te whakapono, kāore e taea te whai wāhi. He tokomaha nga Porotetani rongopai he kaitautoko nui o te kapa motu, a ka tino hiahia ki te haere ki te tukinga. 'Kei te tino whakaae mātou kāore mātou i te ōrite ki te nuinga o te whakaaro o te iwi i runga i tēnei take, ā, e whakaaro ana mātou he tokomaha e kī ana he Porotetani ka tae mai ki Windsor Park i te Rātapu.' Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Ireland ki te Raki, ko Michael O'Neill, e korero ana i te timatanga o tenei wiki ki te Belfast Telegraph, i mea: 'E mohio ana matou, e mohio ana hoki ki nga whakapono whakapono o te iwi - engari me purei te kemu i te Ratapu, na te mea i whakatauhia taua ra i te wa i whakatauhia ai e te UEFA. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Ireland ki te Raki a Michael...
Ka whawhai a Ireland ki te Raki ki a Finland i tētahi whakataetae tohu mō te Euro 2016 hei te Rātapu. Koinei te wā tuatahi e tākaro ana a Ireland ki te Raki i te Rātapu i te kāinga. E whakamaherehia ana ngā whakaekenga hāhi e tata ana ki te papa tākaro hei whakahe.