Martin O’Neill says he has made known to Michael O’Neill his disappointment at the Northern Ireland manager’s recent criticism of the FAI’s recruitment of players north of the border.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill has signed a two-year contract extension with the FAI.

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.

Martin O’Neill last night confirmed he has agreed a new contract to stay on as manager of Ireland.

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.

Man Utd 3 ... Stoke 0: Martin O’Neill may well be reflecting today that he has dodged a bullet by turning down Stoke City after the side he would have taken to Old Trafford last night were beaten 3-0 by a Paul Pogba-inspired Manchester United to leave them in serious relegation trouble.

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

All the signs are that Martin O’Neill is staying on as manager of Ireland.

With Martin O’Neill’s position as Ireland manager moving closer to the brink than it’s ever been before over the last 48 hours, the question of who might succeed him — whether that’s sooner or later — has gained fresh momentum.

Martin O’Neill would receive a warm welcome from Stoke City fans if he was appointed at the bet365 Stadium, according to the editor of the club’s longest-running fanzine, despite latest reports that he may be only a back-up option to former Watford coach Quique Sanchez Flores.

Martin O’Neill’s immediate future, both as manager of Ireland and prospective manager of Stoke City, hangs in the balance as the Premier League club closes in on naming a successor to Mark Hughes.

Controversial pundit Eamon Dunphy has suggested Martin O’Neill’s tactics in yesterday’s defeat to Denmark prove that he is no longer the man for the job.

If Ireland are awarded a penalty against Moldova on Friday night, David Meyler would have no qualms about putting himself on the spot.

Martin O’Neill is calling on his players to “rise to the occasion” and reprise the successful conclusion to their Euros qualification campaign two years ago, as he announces his squad today for next month’s crucial concluding World Cup group games at home to Moldova and away to Wales.

He’s been described as many things during this changeable World Cup campaign but ‘Mystical Martin O’Neill’ could be one label Ireland’s manager is content with as he predicted this strange predicament facing his team in next month’s concluding qualifiers.

Ireland find themselves in a strange position going into tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia at the Aviva.

It seems that Sean Maguire’s first call-up to the Ireland squad is highly unlikely to be followed by the former Cork City striker seeing action in next month’s games away to Georgia and home to Serbia.

Aston Villa striker Scott Hogan wants to declare for Ireland and is in with an outside chance of being added to Martin O’Neill’s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Serbia.

Martin O’Neill has admitted that he is concerned about the outcome of Fifa’s disciplinary probe into the criticism he and James McClean made of the referee after Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Austria at the Aviva in June. But he also said that he is hoping “the news will be good”.

In an official FAI submission, James McClean and Martin O’Neill have expressed their regret to Fifa over their criticism of referee David Fernandez Borbalan’s handling of Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Austria at the Aviva Stadium.

Despite having made exceedingly heavy weather of salvaging a point against Austria, Ireland remain on course for the World Cup finals in Russia.

Ireland newcomer Declan Rice says he is trying to impress Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane in Cork this week but there are no plans for the centre-back, eligible through his late grandparents from Douglas in Cork, to travel to America next week.

It’s looking like a make or break week for James McCarthy in his bid to be fit for Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Austria on June 11.

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

Ronald Koeman’s allegation that Martin O’Neill’s decision to select James McCarthy for the game against Wales went against the advice of his own medical staff has been angrily dismissed as “absolutely and categorically wrong” by sources in the Irish camp.

Martin O’Neill has praised referee Nicola Rizzoli’s handling of the game against Wales and insisted that, while he still feels Gareth Bale’s challenge on John O’Shea merited a sending-off, the official’s decision to award only a yellow card for that incident cannot be linked in any way to the subsequent Neil Taylor tackle which broke Seamus Coleman’s leg.

Martin O’Neill has defended Ireland’s handling of the injury-prone James McCarthy but, overnight, Ronald Koeman has strongly criticised both the player and the Ireland manager for the ultimately unfruitful decision to select him for last week’s World Cup qualifier against Wales.

For someone experiencing their first taste of senior international football yesterday, there was an air of familiarity which made John Egan feel right at home in his new habitat.

At Ireland’s training headquarters in Abbotstown yesterday, Martin O’Neill was doing a passable impression of a boxer absorbing a flurry of punishing blows before bouncing off the ropes and back onto the front foot.

Martin O’Neill reckons Robbie Keane could flourish when he transitions into coaching, but has cautioned his players about the perils of becoming a boss.

Ireland boss Martin O’Neill has warned that the Euro 2016 feelgood factor can easily disintegrate unless his team negotiate a daunting start to their World Cup campaign.

Here we are, back again to those regular bedfellows, the bantz and the ‘controvassy’.

As Richard Keogh outlines every bump along his trek to the Euros, he’s well within his rights to pause and describe it as a “good story”.

Republic of Ireland international midfielder Harry Arter has insisted that missing the European Championships due to injury is “not the end of the world.”

In Uefa-speak, today is MD-1, that is to say, eve of match but also, in this case, eve of tournament.

20 sportspeople, reporters and fans look forward to Euro 2016 and reveal their own predictions for Europe's festival of soccer.

After that memorable win over Germany last October, a piece on an Irish sports website analysed James McCarthy’s performance amid suggestions it was one of the great individual displays in an Ireland jersey.