Ireland's Euro heartbreak will linger on throughout 2025

The Girls in Green's next tournament qualifier won't be played until February 2026.

HEARTBREAK: Republic of Ireland head coach Eileen Gleeson, with players from second from left, Anna Patten, Denise O'Sullivan and Niamh Fahey. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Life moves on, insists Megan Connolly, but the Irish women’s team will have to trundle along until their next tournament qualifier in February 2026.

Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat to Wales, completing a 3-2 aggregate loss, was one of only two ties across the seven Euro playoffs in which a League A country was knocked out by a League B nation.