Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has lost his captain Séamus Coleman for the upcoming Euro play-off in Slovakia but believes his successor Stephen Kenny should be satisfied with the Uefa Nations League draw.

Kenny will be in charge when the competition gets underway in September.

John Delaney's reign in national football administration is over after Uefa confirmed the ex-FAI supremo had resigned his place on their executive committee.

Taking a look at what to expect from tomorrow's Euro qualifier against Denmark.

Denmark manager Age Hareide admitted he went from hell to heaven as his team mounted a staggering late comeback in Basel to extract a point off Switzerland in the battle of Group D’s top seeds.

A wonderful free kick by Corkman Conor Hourihane set the Republic Of Ireland on their way to victory over Georgia at the Aviva Stadium tonight in this Euro 2020 qualifying clash.

A new year, new manager and new outlook is working a treat for Conor Hourihane after impressing on Saturday.

Nicolo Barella and Moise Kean scored in either half as Italy launched their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win against Finland in Udine.

In 2013, 80 years after the national side was created, The Gibraltarian FA was finally accepted as a full Uefa member.

If nothing else, victory in Gibraltar would help eradicate the memory of another tumultuous week for Irish football.

His predecessor Martin O’Neill had to wait 10 months for his first competitive match, but half that duration is just as frustrating for Mick McCarthy when he’s had no Ireland fixtures at all.

Midfielder Glenn Whelan will lead Ireland out as captain against Northern Ireland for what will be his 85th senior appearance. The Aston Villa man will not be part of the squad for the Denmark game.

Williams has been adopted, willingly, as the battle queen of modern feminism, a shining emblem of the global movement towards equality and to right the wrongs dealt by millennia of patriarchy, writes Tommy Martin

Q: So, what’s going on with this UEFA Nations League. Ireland normally play a qualifier or friendly in early September?

David Brooks says he never considered changing his mind, like the Republic of Ireland’s Declan Rice, after pledging his international allegiance to Wales.

Former Arsenal midfielder John Jensen will take charge of Denmark’s Uefa Nations League opener against Wales after the row which has rocked Danish football took an extraordinary twist.

Declan Rice has not been included in England’s squad for next week’s Nations Cup clash with Spain at Wembley, with manager Gareth Southgate saying that Rice has a “really difficult decision” to make about his international future.

Ireland’s latest League of Ireland export, Graham Burke, insists international aspirations didn’t prompt his decision to join Preston North End.

If anyone from the Ireland squad deserves a break after a long season, it is Matt Doherty but not until he caps it off with a 50th appearance today.

Shane Duffy is not looking forward to a summer which will see him sitting in an armchair watching the World Cup finals on television.

The Republic of Ireland are set to play Northern Ireland in a friendly this November, it has been announced this afternoon.

Declan Rice may have a decision to make on his international future after England boss Gareth Southgate revealed he was monitoring the Ireland U21 midfielder.

Against the lure of leaving for a higher seeded nation in Scotland, Michael O’Neill believes his relevant voice in the Northern Ireland dressing-room was central to him staying.

The shiny, new competition is already feeling pretty familiar to Ireland fans.

Ireland will travel to Wales on the opening night of action, bidding to repeat their heroics of last October.

The Republic of Ireland will face a rerun of their World Cup qualifying campaign in the inaugural UEFA Nations League.

Uefa is considering a cap on agents’ fees following a meeting of its Professional Football Strategy Group.

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The Republic of Ireland will find out their opponents tomorrow at the draw for the inaugural UEFA Nations League.

John Delaney has insisted Martin O’Neill is “100% committed” to the Ireland job but he doesn’t expect speculation about the manager’s position to end when he signs a new contract next week.

Pundits, journalists, supporters, and former players and managers: Plenty of people have had plenty to say about Martin O’Neill over the last few days, very little of it favourable.

This will be Giggs’ first permanent job in management.

Martin O’Neill is staying on as Republic of Ireland manager after turning down the chance to manage Stoke City.

Who would you choose?

Martin O’Neill has moved into pole position to become Stoke City manager but the club’s board are understood to be split on their choice of the Ireland boss.

Ireland won’t be part of the summer World Cup spectacle but there remains some burning issues for the game here in the year ahead.

In Ireland’s time of need, Paul McGrath firmly believes Seán Maguire can arrest the worrying firepower deficit.

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