Dion Fanning: Stephen Kenny is a manager with notions undone by painful reality

Ireland will go to Amsterdam next month but everyone knows what happens next. Winter is coming.

BORROWED TIME: Ireland manager Stephen Kenny with Josh Cullen after the game. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

I took my son to his first Ireland game, a World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.

It was the first time Ireland had played in front of a crowd at the Aviva since November 2019 and, even though the stadium was only at 50 per cent capacity, it was a significant moment.