Kilbane confident after Faroes win

Kevin Kilbane is confident the Republic of Ireland will qualify for next summer’s World Cup finals – even if it comes down to a win-or-bust showdown against Switzerland in the last game.

Kilbane scored the second goal in last night’s 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands - his first since February 2003 – to send Ireland top of a closely-knit Group Four.