Connolly could play any where in attack, says McCarthy

You’d be hard-pushed to find anyone in Irish football not entirely delighted about Aaron Connolly’s dream weekend which saw the 19-year-old’s two-goal debut in the Premier League followed by a call-up to the senior Ireland squad.

But if there is one man entitled to have some mixed feelings about the Galwegian’s breakthrough, it would have to be Stephen Kenny who now loses one of his star players for Thursday’s sell-out game against Italy in Tallaght Stadium.