Shamrock Rovers' Noonan and Liverpool's Kone-Doherty included in Ireland under-21 squad

Watford pair Rocco Vata and James Abankwah return to the squad having been part of Heimir Hallgrímsson's senior setup in March.

Shamrock Rovers' Michael Noonan. Pic: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho

Jim Crawford has named his Ireland under-21 squad for the opening two games of the UEFA European under-21 Championship Qualifiers against Moldova and Andorra.

Ireland travel to Moldova next week where they’ll take on the Moldovans in Nisporeni on Thursday, September 4 before returning home to face Andorra at Tallaght Stadium in their first home game of the campaign on Tuesday, September 9.