‘It’s possibly fair to say, that 60 to 70 per cent of our best players are defenders’

Stephen Kenny expected to make a number of changes for match against Qatar on Tuesday

John Egan captains the side as Aaron Connolly dropped for World Cup qualifier

The manager’s long-term vision for Ireland is clear but he desperately needs some results

After another trying build-up a confident performance on the pitch can lift the mood

Both players returned negative results from Covid tests ahead of Azerbaijan match

Ireland goalkeeper knows a decision will have to be made whether to return to City

Ireland manager says ‘we need to turn our draws into wins’ against Azerbaijan

Midfield continues to be problematic with no one playing at top end of the English game

Manager’s long-term goal becoming clearer as young prospects impress

Stephen Kenny’s team take on Portugal on Wednesday night at the Estadio Algarve

Ireland must plan without Alan Browne and Callum Robinson as squad announced

Manager will be hoping players don’t get bogged down in transfer window ahead of qualifiers

Kenny says he is aware many of our young players have not played that much at the Aviva

Manager must trust his young players’ progress can be franked by the required results

Manager hints that Troy Parrott may not start in Budapest on Tuesday night

Wanting and saying are failing to translate into doing after 12 matches in charge

South African-founded group works with businesses to sharpen online presence

Integration of young players will continue but lack of natural goalscorer remains concern

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

Josh Cullen misses chance late on in Hungary as friendly ends in a draw

20-year-old Derby County skipper backs manager after nightmare start to campaign

Republic boss has decisions to make in goal and up front for second World Cup qualifier

Teenager from Waterford is on a scholarship in the US and is focused only on the future

Some of Ireland’s leadings sportspeople and writers have their say on the year ahead

Booing Millwall fans remind everybody what the knee protests are actually all about

Derby County game was among the first to see a return of supporters to stadiums

Extenuating circumstances can only give the new manager cover for so long

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

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

Kayode and Lennon on target for Jim Crawford’s side as they finish in third spot

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

Republic can hold onto favourable World Cup seeding by beating Bulgaria next month

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

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

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

Host nation to play their under-20 side because of multiple cases among under-21 squad

Further confusion over testing after player returned both positive and negative results

Brighton attacker missed Slovakia and Wales games but returns to face Finland

David McGoldrick and Enda Stevens also nominated, winner to be named next week