Today's papers have taken the opportunity to oust the FAI's deal with FIFA to prevent legal action over Henry's handball that saw the Republic of Ireland dumped out of the World Cup qualifiers in 2009.
The Daily Star and The Sun UK both share the great pun 'hand of wad' a comparison between Henry's handball, the FAI's payment from FIFA and Diego Maradonna's infamous 'hand of god' goal.
Here's how the world media covered the €5m payout:
FIFA paid Ireland not to protest controversial hand ball by France’s Thierry Henry http://t.co/dk6y3ckqFo pic.twitter.com/neDO80s56o
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 5, 2015
Fifa paid the FA of Ireland to stop legal action over Thierry Henry's handball' Full story http://t.co/SSIy8jPbcA pic.twitter.com/ZVETAVpS3p
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 5, 2015
FIFA paid Ireland $5 million to settle Thierry Henry's handball out of court: http://t.co/f4Y483bdau pic.twitter.com/x6Xz1mq3ms
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 5, 2015
La FIFA sobornó a Irlanda, que no denunció la mano de Henry que le apartó del Mundial de 2010 http://t.co/FvB8HRXukI pic.twitter.com/DsnjqZgTfP
— MARCA (@marca) June 4, 2015
(FIFA bribed Ireland, who did not report Henry 's handball in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers)
