It took five attempts to win one and there’s been more heartbreak than joy down the years

Premier League kick-off: Just nine players who started in the game in Ireland featured in the Premier League last season

As he prepares to name his first Ireland squad, McCarthy could be forgiven a sense of déjà vu

Mick McCarthy and Kenny Dalglish will manage the teams in April 12th encounter

Sixteen years on from the most contentious event in Irish sport, the jury remains out on Saipan

Aidy Boothroyd appoints former Ireland midfielder as a ‘specialist national coach’

He had a hand in seven of the eight goals scored by Lee Carsley’s Brentford side

With suspensions to cope with in defence and attack, Republic’s manager sees one silver lining

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In a perfect world the desire to play for a country may be the best eligibility rule

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Relegation battles are a fact of life for most professional footballers and Irish players have been involved in their fair share

In the first of a new series counting down to the World Cup in Brazil, we look back at an incident that divided the nation