Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Due to the close relationship between this country and America, all sides of the House would like to join me in wishing American citizens in this country and in the wider United States a happy 4 July, which is on Friday. Also, in the context of the outstanding performance by the United States team in the World Cup, which sadly went out last night having put up one of the bravest fights anyone has seen in a football game in the World Cup, the team was outstanding and many people in this country adopted the USA because they are, after all, our cousins and we did not have one of our own, particularly after England went out of the World Cup.