He tells a crowd from Belfast about them but then starts to worry that their repertoire might not suit. I wouldn't want you to be offended. Nearly every guesthouse and hotel in the city has been booked solid for a month. Some 180,000 people are expected at Ballybrit this week. Yesterday and today are the two busiest days.
Warnings come over the public address system about pickpockets.
Rumour is also rife that a team of Dublin prostitutes are in town. The press room is chaotic and overwhelmingly male. On previous occasions, VIPs like Gabriel Byrne and Eddie Jordan have dropped by. Nobody famous has been spotted this year, but it doesn't matter. Ordinary folk lunch on beer and burgers on the grass.