It’s hard to see how taking on Switzerland on their own patch could be anything other than a seriously daunting experience for Ireland but Enda Stevens will be only too happy to be back in the thick of things in Geneva tonight.

It’s not ‘do or die’ for Ireland tomorrow tonight – more like a case of ‘do but not die’.

For a country synonymous with watches, Switzerland’s team have developed an unusual aversion to sticking by the clock.

Passenger numbers at Cork Airport have increased by 9% to just over 2m in the first nine months of this year.

Blackburn Rovers defenders Darragh Lenihan and Greg Cunningham have been called up for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2020 qualifiers this month.

In a spirit of, as he put it,“nothing ventured, nothing gained”, Mick McCarthy has made the left-field decision to play Conor Hourihane atleft-back against Bulgaria at the Aviva Stadium tonight.

Call it ‘John Egan — The Sequel’. The week before last, we were talking to him at Sheffield United’s training ground and, considering his bloodlines, it was no surprise that much of the conversation revolved around the upcoming All-Ireland final.

As late equalisers go, it obviously wasn’t quite up there with Ibaraki, that mind-blowing moment in stoppage time against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, when Robbie Keane fastened onto Niall Quinn’s header and crashed the ball via Oliver Kahn and the inside of the post to the back of the net.

There were times when this would have felt just like old times for Glenn Whelan. And everyone watching.

Despite plenty of endeavour, Ireland’s attack lacked the requisite composure or finishing ability to adequately trouble their opponents for much of the 90 minutes.

It’s an old adage in football: if you can’t win a game, at least do your best not to lose it.

In the run-up to big games, we easily pleased meeja types like nothing better than when rival managers and players have the fabled ‘pop’ at each other.

Of their 19 games since the start of 2018, Switzerland have lost five, tacked on by a penalty shoot-out loss to England in the Nations League finals last time out.

Seamus Coleman has warned the Republic of Ireland not to be taken in by the absence of Switzerland's talisman Xherdan Shaqiri as the sides go head-to-head in the battle for Euro 2020 qualification.

Mick McCarthy's men face Switzerland in a "huge" Euro2020 qualifier on September 5 before a friendly with Bulgaria five days later.

Mick McCarthy has named his Ireland squad for the forthcoming European Championship qualifier against Switzerland and the friendly with Bulgaria.

A pizza delivery by drone in three minutes may sound like something from a sci-fi movie, but tech entrepreneur Bobby Healy insists it will be a reality across Ireland by next year.

A judge has told a couple they have two weeks in which to pay almost €40,000 in rent arrears, after a court heard the money is currently in a Swiss bank account.

The former boss of the collapsed charities fundraising service Pembroke Dynamic intends to contest High Court proceedings taken against him by the firm's liquidator.

Mick McCarthy has praised the professionalism of the support the FAI provides to his staff and team, saying the difference between now and when he finished his first stint as Ireland manager 17 years ago is like “night and day”.

The airport will be a hive of activity this Easter holiday weekend.

Caroline Copley Lufthansa posted an operating loss of €336m for the first three months of the year, hurt by rising fuel costs and excess capacity in Europe.

The Central Bank has pressed UK investment funds selling into Ireland not to market products here or in the rest of the EU after Brexit, warning they could be breaking the law by doing so.

Convicted fraudster Peter Conlon, who founded the collapsed Pembroke Dynamic fundraising platform business, is practising "transformative meditation", Kriya yoga, and doing 25,000 steps a day, the High Court has heard.

Blown about by erratic and deceptive winds of change in Abbotstown and a no-nonsense full force gale in Gibraltar, Irish football was in urgent need of some shelter from the storm at the Aviva on Tuesday night.

It’s a real game of two halves for Irish football just now.

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.

Two cuts sent to visual Qualification for Euro 2020 gets under way this evening, and the big boys have been limbering up in their own inimitable way.

Dairy farmers in Ireland may need multiple risk management tools to address income volatility, according to an evaluation published this week.

Today: Ozil could be the fall guy again for Germans.

Chris Hatherall previews Wednesday’s World Cup action as the tournamnet heats up.

Brazil, already anxious and nervous after drawing their opening game against Switzerland, were given an almighty scare yesterday when Neymar limped off the training field with an ankle injury.

Brazil have spent four years trying to atone for its last World Cup match, the calamitous 7-1 defeat as hosts by Germany.

In the summer they swim in the lake in the centre of Geneva. Even at this time of year, the water is crystal clear, reflecting the brick and stone of towering centuries-old buildings along its shores, writes Michael Clifford.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency has launched a strongly-worded attack on the International Olympic Committee after 28 Russian athletes had lifetime doping bans overturned on appeal.

Cork Airport recorded a 5% increase in passenger numbers in January compared to the same period in 2017.

"The discussions were very, very positive so I look forward to having something to announce."

"It was a sad and unpleasant moment for me."

Northern Ireland 0 Switzerland 1

Northern Ireland experienced their own Thierry Henry moment in a World Cup play-off as Switzerland gained the upper hand in Belfast with a controversially-awarded penalty.

Trends are there to be bucked, but the Republic of Ireland must overcome a pattern of progress by seeded teams in World Cup play-off ties when they face Denmark in Copenhagen and Dublin.

Steven Davis will earn his 100th Northern Ireland cap tomorrow night but he insists the World Cup play-off with Switzerland is more important than such personal landmarks.

All flights arriving in the US are to be subject to new security screening procedures, with American citizens as well as foreigners possibly facing interviews by airline employees.