John O’Shea praises character of Irish squad

On the face of it, Ireland’s victory over Germany was the result of a Darren Randolph three iron and Shane Long putting past Manuel Neuer.

But listen to skipper John O’Shea in the bowels of Aviva Stadium on Thursday night and you realise it went back a lot further than that — right to Tbilisi.

The words spirit, attitude and camaraderie were more prominent than others as O’Shea revisited the evening’s drama with a smile.