Jamie McGrath keen for Ireland to lay down law in Azerbaijan

Manager Stephen Kenny and Jamie McGrath during a Republic of Ireland training session at the FAI National Training Centre in Abbotstown. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

After surviving a brush with the law on his last visit to Baku, Jamie McGrath won’t mind if it takes getting out of jail for Ireland to beat Azerbaijan.

McGrath was just a fresh-faced 22-year-old indulging the delights of a European campaign at Dundalk in the summer of 2019 when he found himself surrounded by the local police on the main drag of the swish capital city.