Henry handball 'forgotten about', insists Long

Shane Long has dismissed talk of Thierry Henry's hand-ball ahead of the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 last-16 encounter with France.

The Boys in Green missed out on a place in the 2010 World Cup in controversial circumstances after Henry handled the ball inside the Irish box before setting up William Gallas' decisive goal as France won 2-1 in the two-legged play-off.

Ahead of the game, Gallas said that the atmosphere will be "hot", telling L'Equipe that the Ireland team "will want revenge" and that supporters "have not forgotten" about what happened in Paris in 2009.

However, Long insists that Ireland's focus is solely on the upcoming game in Lyon, stressing that the handball incident is…