Darren Randolph

Window of opportunity: Five winners and five losers from Ireland’s international run

Emmet Malone looks back on the performances of Stephen Kenny’s men over the past week

Ken Early: Theatrical displays of outrage to Luxembourg defeat will get us nowhere

Instead of raging at losing to Luxembourg we should be reflecting on what we can learn from them

James McClean and Aaron Connolly both fit to feature in Belgrade

Stephen Kenny defends Shane Duffy and says team will not be setting up defensively

Seamus Coleman: ‘I can’t explain how I’ve missed it’

Irish captain insists team’s morale and expectations are high heading into qualifiers

Stephen Kenny’s bad luck continues as Ireland injury list grows

Ireland boss without Kelleher, Hourihane, O’Dowda and Long for World Cup qualifier

Caoimhin Kelleher and three more ruled out of Ireland squad

Kevin Long, Conor Hourihane and Callum O’Dowda all ruled out ahead of qualifiers

Injury headache for Kenny ahead of Ireland’s opening World Cup qualifiers

Connolly expected to play some part but Randolph, McCarthy and Egan all out of action

Troy Parrott puts his hand up as Ireland's attacking options dwindle

Conor Hourihane and Callum O’Dowda both score ahead of international break

The weekend’s Premier League team news

More defensive issues for Liverpool as Man City have fully fit squad for Sunday’s derby

Aguero returns as City surge further clear with West Ham win

Visitors were without Fabianski, meaning Irish goalkeeper Darren Randolph started

John Egan out for two months due to foot injury

Difficult to know whether defender will be missed more by Ireland or Sheffield United

Ireland 0 Bulgaria 0: How the Irish players rated

Patrick Madden runs the rule over Stephen Kenny’s side as they draw another blank

The song remains the same as Ireland’s campaign draws to a limp close

Stephen Kenny’s side again fail to score a goal in Nations League clash with Bulgaria

Four players called into Ireland squad for Bulgaria match

Graham Burke, Aaron McEneff, Troy Parrott and Jack Taylor all join the squad

Wales condemn Ireland and Kenny to more frustration

Republic goalless again as Brooks’ winner adds to miserable Nations League campaign

Magic of a visit to Wembley completely lost in the Covid era

Without the lifeblood of fans, famous venue is eerily silent and Wembley Way lies dormant

TV View: Ireland unable to answer the call against England

‘I think England would have had tougher training days, we didn’t even have a booking!’

Ken Early: Worst thing about watching Ireland has been listening to Mick McCarthy

Former Ireland manager fails to follow Jack Charlton’s example while on co-commentary duty

Aaron Connolly calls one on himself after defeat in Helsinki

‘At times you need to know when to shoot and when to pass and this was one of those’

TV View: We’ll be hugging over Zoom when Ireland finally score

8,000 are present in Helsinki as Mick McCarthy reminds us it’s a results business

Ireland’s goal drought drags on against Finland

Finns match result in Dublin as Irish wait for a goal stretches to six and a half hours

Ireland 0 Wales 0: Irish player ratings in Nations League draw

Matt Doherty fills in at centre back as Shane Long fails to take huge scoring opportunity

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