Few Irish football folk will have any fond memories of that day in November one year ago when Denmark came to the Aviva and laid waste to our World Cup dreams.

The Football Association of Ireland and the Irish Football Association have revealed their intention to submit a joint bid to host the UEFA Under-21 Championship in 2023 in a historic announcement.

RTÉ Sport confirmed yesterday it has secured exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights to the Republic of Ireland’s qualifying matches for the Euro 2020 finals and the 2022 World Cup.

Ireland have exited the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Irish companies are losing out on billions of euros in Government tenders.

If Cristiano Ronaldo leads Portugal to victory in the final of Euro 2016, will his career have been more successful than rival Lionel Messi, asks Robert McNamara

The search for the new England manager is well underway and there are some familiar faces lining up to restore some pride in the Three Lions in the latest Aprés Match parody.

Robbie Keane will not cast his mind back to Thierry Henry’s controversial handball for one second as the Republic of Ireland attempt to dump hosts France out of Euro 2016.

Plenty of reasons have been propounded for Dimitri Payet’s meteoric rise from international underachiever to France’s outstanding player at Euro 2016 — but the best words to explain it probably came from Didier Deschamps.

Euphoria swept through the Irish squad following Wednesday’s victory over Italy, but Shane Long was unable to banish the Belgian blues as he looked ahead to the challenge posed by France in Sunday’s Euro 2016 last-16 tie.

Credit unions around the country have been fielding calls from fans desperate to secure some funding to get to France for this Sunday’s crunch game against the host nation.

Tens of thousands of Irish fans have voted. — they are ‘remaining in Europe’. The rest of us are figuring out how to get there.

Only once has the Republic of Ireland faced the host nation in a major tournament. The opportunity to do so again was a powerful motivating tool for Martin O’Neill’s players as they prepared to face Italy in Lille.

Tears welling up in his eyes, Robbie Brady paused to reaffirm Ireland’s tendency of thriving in the face of adversity. It’s hardly surprising the trend has surged since his arrival on the scene given the personal history he’s endured in overcoming the odds.

I said here on Wednesday morning that if Ireland put in a performance in Lille, they would be Italy, writes Liam Brady

Woah! What a night!

It's win or bust ... and we don't want you to miss a trick on, or off, the pitch.

Us Irish are well known for our charm, witty banter and craic mentality and there has been no greater advertisment of that recently than our shenanigans at the Euros.

It was a loooong 45 minutes.

While the tens of thousands of Irish here in Bordeaux are focussed on this afternoon’s crucial clash with Belgium, one group of fans was brought here by a match-up of a different kind.

Italy have beaten Sweden 1-0 in Toulouse to secure their place in the knockout stages of Euro 2016.

With the weight of the nation resting on Belgium tomorrow, defender Toby Alderweireld really could do without the sight of Shane Long lurking on his shoulder.

It’s something that has slowly crept up on the Irish fans, but hasn’t been said: We may be ready to forgive France for that handball in 2009.

Despite the promise of a meet-up with the Red Devils of Belgium, it turned out to be more of a gathering with the Red Dragons, for the first half at least.

Jonathan Walters is keeping his fingers crossed that his Euro 2016 adventure has not been ended by injury after limping out of the Republic of Ireland's opener with Sweden.

Irish fans flying home from the Euros today are facing delays due to strike action by French air traffic controllers.

Ireland’s U21 Euro ambitions are in disarray after Italy inflicted a heavy defeat on Noel King’s side last night despite them racing into an early lead.

"The players will be in France for what will be a long enough period, so it’s good to keep them closer to home for the build-up to such a huge competition, and in a familiar environment.”