Edinburgh keen to put a cork in Irish celebrations

On that heady final Saturday afternoon of the RBS Six Nations Championship, the Scottish hospitality laid on for our Celtic cousins could not have been more generous – both on and off the pitch.

After a hugely disappointing second-half collapse saw Scotland slump to a 40-10 defeat, thousands of Irish supporters stayed on at the home of Scottish rugby to carouse raucously as the final match was played on a big screen.

As England fell just short at Twickenham, a party to rival any held four days earlier on St Patrick’s Day was sparked into life as Ireland’s second successive championship was…

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