O’Neill out to assess depth of squad

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill will use a series of end-of-season friendlies to further assess the depth of his squad.

Ireland will play Turkey at the Aviva Stadium on May 25 and are yet to formally confirm a second outing against Italy at Craven Cottage six days later as well as proposed games against Costa Rica and Portugal in the United States in early June.

However, whatever fixtures the Republic eventually finalise, O’Neill will spend the time he has together with his players honing his squad for the start of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in September.