That was brave!!
No way would there be '100%' trouble or no more than there would when Shamrock Rovers/Cork were visiting!!. That said even a minor incident between a Northern and Southern club would be escalated to beyond BS in the media so hence the need to be overly cautious. A single Dundalk (insert any club here) muppet could derail the possibility of an AIL which would be ironic as said muppet would likely be a raging republican shouting about unification. There were no issues at any of the Setanta Cup games that Dundalk were involved in bar the big love in between some Dundalk and Cliftonville fans in the Lilywhite Lounge which was nauseating stuff!