Vera Pauw's Ireland close to three 'signings'

It was a case of in with the old but also in with the new, when Vera Pauw yesterday unveiled her provisional squad for Ireland’s crucial Euro 2021 qualifiers against Greece in Tallaght Stadium on Thursday, March 5 and away to Montenegro on Wednesday, March 11.

The headline grabber was the news that Áine O’Gorman has come out of international retirement to answer the coach’s call. O’Gorman had stepped down in 2018, with 100 caps and 13 goals for her country to her name, but at the request of Pauw, the Peamount United player has now overturned that decision and once again made herself available for duty in the green shirt.