Dara O’Shea says ‘great manager’ Stephen Kenny has full backing of Ireland squad

Dara O’Shea says ‘great manager’ Stephen Kenny has full backing of Ireland squad

Republic of Ireland’s defender Dara O’Shea is backing manager Stephen Kenny (Trenka Attila/PA)

Dara O’Shea has backed manager Stephen Kenny to get it right as he attempts to breathe new life into the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign.

Ireland limped away from their opening Group A fixtures having suffered back-to-back defeats by Serbia and, more surprisingly, Luxembourg, while a 1-1 friendly draw with World Cup hosts Qatar in Hungary on Tuesday evening did little to dispel the gloom.

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