Event: Euro finals

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Jim Crawford excited by potential of Ireland U21s

Ireland’s new U21 manager, Jim Crawford, believes that the future for Irish football is bright, as he hopes to complete the work of Stephen Kenny by helping his team secure what would be our first-ever qualification for the Euro Finals in that age group.

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Glenn Whelan leaves Hearts 'by mutual agreement'

With Ireland's Euro 2020 play-offs looming in March, he will now be urgently seeking another club to give him the game time he will require to ensure he remains in the forefront of Mick McCarthy's plans.

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I haven’t scored enough, admits Hendrick as he looks to next 50

Should Jeff Hendrick play against Switzerland tomorrow night, the game will mark his 50th cap for Ireland.

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Ireland U17s waiting on Spurs to make Troy Parrott decision

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FAI turmoil a ‘worrying’ distraction, says Kevin Doyle

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Colin O’Brien beats drum for youth

Brian Kerr: Nearly a Euros place for everyone in the audience

Brian Kerr expects to see Mick McCarthy leading Ireland to the expanded Euro Finals in 2020, especially if tomorrow’s draw in Dublin offers the hosts one of the more

Sat, 01 Dec, 2018

Seamus Coleman to rejoin Irish camp for next month's World Cup qualifier

Seamus Coleman will be welcomed back into the Irish fold for the game against Austria in Dublin next month.

Sat, 06 May, 2017

Ireland spin the Ferris wheel of football on return to Austria

For ‘The Third Man’ read ‘The Third Match’ (featuring, um, Harry Liam). So here we are back in Vienna where, this evening, your painfully punning correspondent will be making his third trip to the Ernst-Happel Stadion.

Sat, 12 Nov, 2016

Dramatic Robbie Brady winner sets up French reunion

Liberté. Egalité. Bouncebackabilité. And, while we’re at it, this was simply magnifique. Tres magnifique.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2016

Euro places up for grabs as ‘opportunity’ knocks, says Martin O’Neill

Martin O’Neill is not a man, or a manager, to use the phrase “last chance saloon”. Indeed, he even prefers to call the friendlies against Switzerland and Slovakia “an opportunity” rather than “a trial”. 

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

Martin O’Neill coy over new Irish contract

“It will be hard to shake me off if we’ve qualified for France,” Martin O’Neill said with a grin. “I would be ecstatic if we did and I’d love to lead the team to France.”

Thu, 12 Nov, 2015

Packie Bonner: Martin O’Neill deserves shot at World Cup

Packie Bonner believes that, if Martin O’Neill wants it, he should be given a shot at leading Ireland to the 2018 World Cup — even if his team, as many are now predicting, fails to make it to the Euro finals in France next year.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2015

Martin O’Neill not planning peace talks with Roy Hodgson

It’s an open and shut case for Martin O’Neill’s Ireland this week.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2015

Goal king Keane main threat, says McGhee

Scotland’s assistant manager Mark McGhee surprised nobody when asked yesterday to identify the principal threat to Scottish hopes in Friday night’s crucial Euro 2016 qualifier at Celtic Park.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2014

O’Neill’s Ireland dream

With the Euro Finals of 2016 expanded to 24 teams and, on top of a guaranteed place for the top two qualifiers, still another opportunity to reach France via the third-place play-offs, it’s not entirely beyond the bounds of possibility that two Irelands managed by two O’Neills could reach the promised land in two years’ time.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2014

Irish Toffees to savour

Alan Hansen suggested this week that tonight’s Merseyside derby at Anfield is the biggest in the league in almost 30 years.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2014

End of pain, end of an era

And so it ends, not with a bang, but not exactly with a whimper either.

Tue, 19 Jun, 2012

Bent’s England dream in tatters

Darren Bent’s hopes of playing for England in the Euro 2012 finals are in massive doubt after it was confirmed he will be sidelined for up to three months with ruptured ankle ligaments.

Tue, 28 Feb, 2012

Keane can’t sit still for long

THE news that Robbie Keane is on the verge of confirming a return to the Premier League with Aston Villa comes as almost as big a surprise as his decision last August to relocate to the other side of the Atlantic.

Wed, 04 Jan, 2012

O’Leary not green with envy

MICHAEL O’LEARY donned the green shirt yesterday but Keano, Duffer and Big Dunney can rest easy — Micko is not making a late bid for inclusion on the Trapair flight to Poland next summer.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2011

Brittany’s offer to fill void left by England rejected by FAI

THE FAI have declined an invitation from the Brittany Football Association to play a Euro 2012 warm-up game in May.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2011