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SUCCESSION?: Eileen Gleeson and Vera Pauw during an Ireland training session in 2021. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

While the recriminations from Vera Pauw’s axing persist, Ireland have a Nations League campaign to commence and it will shape the severity of their route to the next major tournament, the 2025 Euro finals in Switzerland.

Eileen Gleeson, as we’ve flagged since Pauw’s position became precarious, has been parachuted into the void for the opening matches against Northern Ireland on Saturday three weeks, the first-ever at Aviva Stadium, followed three days later with a trip to Budapest to face Hungary.