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Special guest Robert Pirès presents the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Nations League 2022/23 League Phase draw at UEFA headquarters

Ireland have been grouped with Ukraine, Scotland and Armenia in Thursday's UEFA Nations League draw, held in Nyon.

The League B1’s six group games in 2022 will see four from June 2-15 with the remainder played out from Sept 22-27.