Irish football fans come to the rescue of lad who LOST his ticket

With Russian and English fans hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons since the Euros kicked off, we can't help but feel more than a twinge of pride for our fellow countrymen who are flying the flag for Ireland in Paris this month.

From bonding with the locals to treating fellow football fans to a rendition of Dancing Queen, our lads and lassies know how to do it abroad, but the latest story to emerge from Euro mania is definitely the greatest yet.

Having stumbled upon a fellow Irish fan who had lost his ticket, Brian Kerrigan and a group of mates chipped in €50 each and made sure their new pal wouldn't miss out on seeing his country play in the French capital.

After capturing the glorious moment on camera, Brian uploaded the video to Facebook where it has been widely circulated since yesterday, and wrote "Just found Jay who was in tears because he lost his ticket. We all bunched in and sorted him out! COYBIG."

If this doesn't make you proud to be Irish, we don't know what will.