Alan Kelly joins Mick McCarthy’s backroom team

Alan Kelly is back in the Ireland set-up after Mick McCarthy recruited his former stopper as goalkeeping coach.

The 50-year-old won the majority of his 34 caps during McCarthy’s original stint in charge of Ireland and went on to serve as goalkeeping coach between 2006-2013 under the reigns of Steve Staunton and Giovanni Trapattoni.