Probably because itv and bbc have quite a few Irish viewers.
Don't know why people here back the ROI or the media's love affair with them for that matter. If they were one of the home countries it would be understandable but they're just another foreign country, and not a very good one at that.
Dan‽;2990645 said:Called it

Spain are the winners, obvious a mile off
Spain are the winners, obvious a mile off
Life doesn't work like that. They are a good side who played a poor side tonight, but that could turn out to be Spain's best performance. Another opposition may not suit them....remember us and Bristol City last season.
True True, football is hard to predict sometimes
Anyone see the Italian Trapattoni springing a surprise against his own nation after two dire Irish performances...