Ireland to play Belarus friendly in Cork

The FAI have confirmed that Belarus will provide Ireland with a final pre-European Championships warm-up game at Turner’s Cross in Cork on Tuesday, May 31.

Alyaksandr Khatskevich’s side, currently ranked 64th in the world, will travel south to face the Republic after playing Northern Ireland in Belfast in a friendly on Friday May 27, the same night Martin O’Neill’s men host the Netherlands in Dublin.

Ticket details for the match against Belarus – the first-ever meeting between the two countries - will be announced in due course.