The Irish Embassy in Moscow, at the request of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has made urgent representations to the Russian authorities expressing concern at the events that took place. At a pre-match briefing held in the stadium at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, at which representatives of the Irish and Russian football associations, UEFA, match referees, stadium management, police, fire and ambulance services were present, an Irish official informed the police of the reports of the attacks in the preceding hours on the Irish supporters. The embassy continued to raise cases with the police as information came to hand.