An early goal from Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team captain Katie McCabe gave her side a superb start against Italy before they ultimately fell to a narrow defeat.

Republic of Ireland Women's National Team secured a fantastic victory over Wales thanks to a second-half header from Louise Quinn.

The Republic of Ireland Women's National Team suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Belgium following Elena Dhont's first-half strike at the Pinatar Arena, Spain.

Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team suffered a 2-0 defeat to Norway in their 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifier, in Tallaght Stadium.

Wexford Youths striker Rianna Jarrett has put her injury nightmare behind her to earn a recall to the Ireland women’s squad for the first time since she made her senior debut against Italy in the Cyprus Cup in April 2016.

The Irish player of the year had missed the matches against Slovakia and the Netherlands in April with a broken collarbone.

Player of the Year Harriet Scott has been ruled out of the two matches due to a collarbone injury whilst striker Stephanie Roche continues her spell on the sidelines with a long-term injury.

“We’ll just go out and prove them wrong!”

They may have survived some scares in Nijmegen last night but Ireland remain well in the mix to challenge for World Cup qualification after preventing the Netherlands from extending their winning run to 12 matches.

Republic of Ireland Women's Team made a winning start to their FIFA 2019 World Cup qualification campaign with a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland tonight.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has accepted an FA charge of improper conduct.

Success on the club front has proven relatively easy for Chelsea defender Niamh Fahey but it’s fixtures like today’s European Championship qualifier which will define whether she can add international progression to her repertoire.

Ireland 0 Finland 2: Ireland’s women suffered an early Euro setback last night against Finland at Tallaght Stadium.

Galway native Niamh Fahey made a little bit of history on Saturday as the defender became the first Irish woman to win the FA Cup at Wembley after Chelsea Ladies beat Notts County 1-0.

Niamh Fahey doesn’t take unnecessary risks, so when she quit a full-time job to pursue a dream of being a professional footballer it was a calculated move.

Unlike her rivals for the Fifa Puskás Award, James Rodriguez and Robin van Persie, Ireland’s Stephanie Roche will be taking the rocky road to Zurich for the prize-giving ceremony on Monday week.

Slovakia 0 Republic of Ireland 1

Russia 0 Republic of Ireland 0

Republic of Ireland 1 Croatia 0

Now that she’s operating in the best league in the world, Germany-based striker Fiona O’Sullivan wants to augment it by featuring at the World Cup for Ireland.

Ireland’s women’s team are out of the European Championship chase with two qualifiers left after losing to Scotland last night at Turner’s Cross.

Ireland women’s team striker Ruesha Littlejohn recalls her childhood trips to Killarney with fondness and now wants to put the country’s female side on the European football map.

Ireland's top international football stars have been honoured at the 3 FAI International Football Awards tonight.

WORLD CUP semi-finalists France showed their class at Turner’s Cross last night as three second half goals saw them claim all three points against a gallant Irish side in their UEFA Euro 2013 Women’s Group 4 qualifier.

A solid team performance from Kerry ensured that they booked their place in the ladies football All-Ireland quarter-final with a 2-10 to 0-05 win over Donegal at Birr today.

ROBBIE KEANE was celebrating on the double last night after he scooped both international player and international goal of the year at the 20th FAI International Awards.

The FAI today announced the nominations for the 19th eircom / FAI International Awards.

THE Republic of Ireland women’s senior squad begins their historic bid to qualify for the finals of the European Championship for the first time when they take on Iceland at Richmond Park on Sunday (3pm) in the first leg of their playoff.

Republic of Ireland women’s senior international manager, Noel King has announced a 21-strong squad to face Iceland in the UEFA EURO 2009 women’s championship play-off on 26th and 30th October.

The nominations for the 18th eircom/FAI International Awards have been announced.

Republic of Ireland 1 Italy 2

FAI chiefs have received an Irish Sports Council grant of €3 million, which is up 33% on its allocation last year.

The Ireland panel for the first ever Ladies International Rules Series will be whittled down to 20 players after Saturday's final trial in Mullingar.

ARMAGH recognise they face a huge challenge in Hyde Park this afternoon if they are to qualify for the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Championship final against Cork on October 1.

MEATH recovered from a nine-point deficit in ordinary time only to be denied victory by a late equaliser at the end of extra time in this TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland quarter-final in Portlaoise on Saturday, and favourites Galway were a very relieved team to survive.

Galway 3-11 Meath 1-17

GALWAY staged a second-half comeback against Meath in Tuam yesterday to book their place in the knockout stages of the Suzuki Ladies NFL.

2004 All-Stars 4-15 2005 All-Stars 1-09

SHAY GIVEN was last night named eircom/FAI senior international player of the year at the annual televised awards ceremony in Dublin.

A 50th-minute goal from Valerie Mulcahy, scored from a penalty, was the high point of a scoring spree by the Rebel ladies on the way to their first Brendan Martin Cup.