Denise O'Sullivan returns to Ireland squad for Cork clash and England visit

Cork City's Eva Mangan also retains her place in the squad as Head Coach Eileen Gleeson selects a 26-player squad for the trip to Carrow Road and Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Denise O'Sullivan returns to the squad after injury

Denise O'Sullivan returns to the Ireland WNT squad after injury for the final two Group A3 EURO 2025 against England and France. 

Head Coach Eileen Gleeson has selected a 26-player squad for the trip to Carrow Road to face European champions England on Friday, July 12th before hosting France in Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Tuesday, July 16th.

Sixty-times-capped midfielder Julie-Ann Russell, who last featured for the WNT in March 2020, also returns to the squad, while defender Niamh Fahey and attacker Marissa Sheva are also back. injuries rule out Chloe Mustaki, Tara O'Hanlon, Jamie Finn, Heather Payne and Kyra Carusa.

Our WNT squad for July! 🤩

July 12th v England
July 16th v France#COYGIG | #OUTBELIEVE pic.twitter.com/XNwsYzjPCG

— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) July 3, 2024

It will be the first time in 12 years that the WNT will have played a home fixture outside Dublin and it will be their seventh game overall in Cork – following five previously in Turner’s Cross and one in Flower Lodge.

The France game will be the 13th meeting at senior women’s level and the third time that the game will be hosted in Cork following on from an International Friendly in 1994 and a EURO qualifier in 2011 – both of which were in Turner’s Cross.

UEFA have confirmed that all games on Match Day 6 of the group stage will kick off at 19:00 CET (18:00 Irish Time).

Ireland WNT Squad

Goalkeepers: C Brosnan (Everton), G Moloney (London City Lionesses), S Whitehouse (Lewes) 

Defenders: J Stapleton (West Ham United), D Caldwell (FC Zurich), L Quinn (Birmingham City), N Fahey (Liverpool), C Hayes (Celtic), A Mannion (Manchester United), A Patten (Aston Villa), M Campbell (London City Lionesses) 

Midfielders: K McCabe (Arsenal), D O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage), M Connolly (Bristol City), L Agg (Birmingham City), R Littlejohn (London City Lionesses), T Toland (Blackburn Rovers), J Ziu (West Ham United), I Atkinson (Crystal Palace), E Mangan (Cork City), J Russell (Galway United) 

Forwards: A Barrett (Standard Liege), L Kiernan (Liverpool), A Larkin (Crystal Palace), E Murphy (Wake Forest University), M Sheva (Portland Thorns) 

Fixtures: UEFA Euro 2025 Qualifier Group A3: England v Ireland, Friday July 12 Carrow Road, 8pm, RTÉ 2; Ireland v France, Tuesday July 16, Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 6pm, RTÉ 2.