Jermyn recalled to Irish squad to face Dutch

JOHN JERMYN has returned to the international fold ahead of Ireland’s series of friendlies against the Netherlands in Seville, but there is still no sign of his Cork C of I club-mate David Hobbs in the squad.

Jermyn has been absent from Paul Revington’s squads since he and Hobbs took a sabbatical from last summer’s Celtic Cup and Five Nations schedule, but the 111-times-capped midfielder is named on an 18-strong panel named for a warm-weather programme in southern Spain.

Tim Lewis (Crefelder, Germany), who missed most of the 2010 through injury, Mikey Watt (Santander, Spain) and Banbridge’s Bruce McCandless all return — the former duo among 12 foreign-based players in the squad. Alan Giles, Peter Caruth, Paul Gleghorne and Alan Sothern step out.