John O'Shea and Brian Kerr get to work as new Ireland era begins

John O’Shea will likely remain part of the new manager’s backroom staff and there could be a place too for Brian Kerr.

Interim Ireland manager John O'Shea, right, and technical advisor Brian Kerr. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

A new era has begun – and an injustice belatedly rectified – with John O’Shea taking his first training session as Ireland’s caretaker manager.

The Ireland centurion assembled a 24-man squad, after Liam Scales and Troy Parrott withdrew through injury, on Monday at their Castleknock Hotel base and they had a light workout at the FAI’s pitches within the Sports Ireland campus at Abbotstown.