Ireland soccer fans will be flooding France this June and transport will most likely be via a variety of sources.

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It’s being billed in many quarters as a make or break 90 minutes in Ireland’s quest to make it to France in 2016 but whether his team wins, loses or draws against Scotland on Saturday, Martin O’Neill maintains the result of this one game won’t define the final outcome of the qualifying race.

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Goalkeeping legend Packie Bonner recalls Ireland’s victory over Scotland in Glasgow in 1987, with soccer writer, Liam Mackey, and reveals that although Jack Charlton’s team would kick on to a first ever Euros qualification, the road was by no means smooth on the way to the promised land.

Last weekend 17,000 people turned out in Limerick for the launch of the 20th anniversary tour of Riverdance. So where were you when Michael Flatley and Jean Butler took to the Eurovision stage that night in 1994?

For 25 years, there has been a question that Ronnie Whelan has always meant to ask Tony Galvin.

Former Republic of Ireland international Paul McGrath was arrested at the weekend over alleged public order offences, it has been revealed.

IF football doesn’t quite explain the world, it features enough individual elements that have genuinely allowed exploration of some of life’s bigger questions.

Four first-phase clashes at Euro 2012 have a historical resonance, says Paul Kelly.

Jack Charlton believes that guiding the Republic of Ireland into the knock-out stages of Euro 2012 would be an achievement to rank alongside Giovanni Trapattoni’s greatest in a distinguished career.

THE LAST time I faked an interest in football, I was eleven years old.

The English rugby team might wear white, but that jersey is like a red rag to a bull as far as Ireland flanker Donncha O’Callaghan is concerned.

Giovanni Trapattoni has indicated he will look after the players that earned Ireland a Euro 2012 place and some players have argued passionately against ‘blow-ins’ joining the squad.

Christy Moore will not be resurrecting 'Joxer Goes to Stuttgart' to coincide with Ireland's involvement in Euro 2012

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has already begun planning for a potential Euro 2012 meeting with England.

STEVE STAUNTON was obviously disappointed.

CALL it karma, call it coincidence, call it the circularity of history, but if anyone in the FAI was tuned in last weekend for Wales versus Ireland in the Rugby World Cup, their hearts must have skipped a beat when Shane Williams touched down for that crucial early try. And we don’t mean skipped in a bad way.

IF GIOVANNI Trapattoni could just bottle Damien Delaney’s enthusiasm he’d be at least halfway to qualifying the Republic of Ireland for the next World Cup.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own. Today, and every Tuesday, he will be acting as referee on your opinions on the Premiership. Let him know what you think and he’ll argue the toss with you.

Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney has welcomed Ray Houghton as the third member of the three-man committee tasked with selecting Steve Staunton’s successor.

The FAI has appointed Ray Houghton to the panel set up to select the new Republic of Ireland manager.

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Manager Steve Staunton is backing Ireland’s players to ease the early pressure on his reign.

A TEMPORARY consular office has been set up in Stuttgart to cater for the 10,000 fans travelling for next month’s Republic of Ireland v Germany European Championships qualifier game.

A temporary consular office has been set up in Stuttgart to cater for the 10,000 fans travelling for next month’s Republic of Ireland v Germany European Championships qualifier game.

AFTER the cold war involving the manager, the players and the media which darkened the final days of the Brian Kerr era, the thaw of the past week was as welcome as it was out of sync with the prevailing weather conditions.

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SHELBOURNE manager Pat Fenlon has hinted he will retain a 4-4-2 formation for tomorrow night’s Champions League qualifier against Steaua Bucharest in Dublin, as his team goes in search of a positive result to bring to Romania for the second leg.

Holland coach Marco van Basten today led the tributes to Rinus Michels, the man who pioneered "total football", who has died at the age of 77.

HANOVER will always be remembered with fondness by Irish people as the venue for Ronnie Whelan’s remarkable volleyed goal against Russia in Euro 88.

Marco van Basten has been confirmed as the new coach of Holland.

Ruud van Nistelrooy has hinted at the long shadows of history that will stretch over Tuesday’s meeting between Holland and Germany in Porto.

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Tottenham manager Glenn Hoddle has given the green light to Chris Hughton teaming up with new Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr.

Former Republic of Ireland striker John Aldridge confessed Scotland and Ireland’s failure to win the race to host Euro 2008 had been “extremely disappointing”.

SHUT your eyes and cast your minds back to Euro 88. Now, just this once, forget about Stuttgart and Ray Houghton.