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"A couple of pundits were saying they're going to win by 20-30 points and that Saints won't score a point," Saints and England scrum-half Mitchell told RTE.

Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time on Tuesday, the band's manager said "moral hysteria" had taken hold and that the band are being held to a higher moral standard than politicians.

To their surprise, the song was playlisted by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, only to be removed after listeners complained about drug references in the lyrics.

Within minutes, France had supplied 700MW and RTE said it was later able to increase that by up to 2,000 MW.

French operator RTE said it had been "gradually transferring more electricity to the Spanish border" via its power lines supplying Catalonia in north-east Spain and the Basque country in the north-west.