How Ireland's road to Euro 24 could take shape

The degree of rockiness could be dictated by how Ireland perform in their six Nations League games

A banner that screens the city of Leipzig as Euro 2024 Host City is seen outside the stadium prior to the German first division Bundesliga football match between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on November 6, 2021. - DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by Ronny Hartmann / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

There’s World Cup play-offs, the tournament itself, and Nations League in between, to fill this year’s international calendar but the FAI’s sights are trained beyond to the prize of Euro 2024.

That much was clear during Thursday’s official announcement of Stephen Kenny’s contract extension.