John O’Shea will miss the Republic of Ireland’s friendly international against Spain in New York next week following the death of his uncle this morni(...)

Tonight’s game is a strange one for me. A friend described it as my first ever personal derby. Two teams playing each other that I never dreamed of ma(...)

Most of us need a good lie down after watching Ireland produce the sort of performance that resulted in Tuesday’s 2-2 draw with Austria but Giovann(...)

A good many of those who are liable to be critical of Ireland ’s regular captain might wonder a little more about the wisdom of wishing him awa(...)

The Irish squad were back training this afternoon in Malahide where Giovanni Trapattoni started the process of weighing up his options for Tues(...)

As Giovanni Trapattoni ’s matchday line-up appeared to start taking shape yesterday in Malahide where Shane Long partnered Robbie Keane in attack f(...)

Marco Tardelli appeared to be Ireland ’s biggest doubt for Friday’s World Cup qualifier in Sweden after Giovanni Trapattoni ’s right-hand man w(...)

Giovanni Trapattoni ’s birthday celebration in Malahide yesterday was an almost intimate affair with just 13 of his players and one member of h(...)

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has left Wolves striker Kevin Doyle out of his 23-man squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifi(...)

Christian Benteke eased Aston Villa’s relegation fears and pushed bottom-placed (...)