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

The interim management team are preparing their squad for a double header of friendlies.

BACK IN BLACK: Manager John O'Shea, right, and technical advisor Brian Kerr during a Republic of Ireland training session at the FAI National Training Centre in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by 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.