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Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Euro 2016: Republic of Ireland fans pay tribute to Northern Ireland fan Darren Rodgers with applause amid clash with Sweden

Republic of Ireland fans at the Titanic Fanzone unveil a banner in remembrance to Northern Ireland fan Darren Rodgers who died yesterday after a tragic accident while in Nice, France supporting the team. Picture by Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX
Republic of Ireland fans at the Titanic Fanzone unveil a banner in remembrance to Northern Ireland fan Darren Rodgers who died yesterday after a tragic accident while in Nice, France supporting the team. Picture by Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX
Northern Ireland fans have called for a minute's applause at Thursday's game against Ukraine for the tragic young man who died after a fall in Nice.

Darren Rodgers (24) from Ballymena died after an 8-metre fall from a wall along the seafront.
It comes as Republic of Ireland fans showed solidarity with one minute of applause during their side's first clash of Euro 2016 against Sweden in Paris on Monday evening.
Thank you to the fans for having respect the minute of applause.   


1 min applause for dead NI fan at the  showing at Titanic Quarter during the  match 

Police have said he was on his own at the time and died in hospital overnight.
It has been reported he fell from the promenade onto a rocky beach at Castle Plage on the Promenade des Anglais.
On Sunday Northern Ireland took on Poland in their first Euro 2016 game.
The Irish Football Association chief executive Patrick Nelson is in talks with UEFA about holding a minute's silence ahead of Thursday's game.
He said: “We’ll ask Uefa whether it’s appropriate to have a minute’s silence before the [Ukraine] game and/ or to wear black armbands.
He added: “From an Association perspective we just want to respect Darren’s memory and celebrate the life of Darren and do what his family thinks is appropriate.”
The Northern Ireland team have led tributes to the young man with striker Kyle Lafferty saying they have "lost one of their own".
So sad to wake up to the tragic news that a Northern Ireland fan has died in Nice, thoughts with his family and friends.

You think things are bad then learn one of your own loses his life last night. Thoughts with family and friends 🙏 

Shocking news to wake up to this morning.Thoughts are with the young Northern Ireland fans family and friends

Devastating news iv woke up to. My thoughts are with the young mans family and friends. We've lost one of our own. RIP

Such a sad day, to wake up to the News that a Young Northern Ireland has tragically died in Nice. Thoughts with his family and friends 🙏🙏

Tragic news to wake up to this morning. Thoughts are with the young northern ireland fans family and friends

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