Georgia get all-clear for qualifiers

IRELAND’s World Cup group rivals Georgia will be permitted to stage two Group qualifiers next month in the nation’s capital Tbilisi.

Georgia’s ‘home’ game against the Republic earlier this month was switched to the German city of Mainz after Tbilisi was deemed unsafe following fighting with Russia over the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Georgia host Cyprus on October 11 while Bulgaria will visit Tbilisi on October 15.