Ahead of Ireland facing off against France again later today, we went out on the streets and asked the Irish public whether or not it's time we finally forgive Thierry Henry for the formidable 'Hand of God' at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers ⚽️👋 🇫🇷

Personally, we're not quite ready to let it go 😤

Back in 2009, Ireland and France were at a stalemate in a Play-off for the World Cup in South Africa, and with everything all square on the scoreboard, it looked like we were heading for penalties.

Then, in a moment of madness, the French captain blatantly controlled the ball with his hand to prevent it from going out of play, and actually put it into a position where he could cross it, thus resulting in a goal that ended Ireland's dreams.

Shay Given was in nets that day and had a better view of the incident than most. In this exclusive interview with SportsJOE in association with LeoVegas, the former Irish number one recalls the series of events.

"It was like it was yesterday. It doesn't really change that much, it's so fresh in my memory, the actual incident itself. It was such a blatant handball at the time that I just thought I was going to get the ball and take a free kick.

"Everyone in the stadium had seen it apart from the officials, but it was the consequences of the handball - we missed out on a World Cup.

"Then you watched them out there in South Africa, and they fell out with physios, I think the fitness coach chucked his whistle over the hedge at one point and stormed off - I don't know if it's karma or whatever, but it didn't go well for them when they got to the finals.

"For me personally, and for the country, it was a difficult one to take. Time goes by, life goes on, there are more important things in life - but at the same time, in that moment, it was a tough one for us all to get our heads around."