US-born Kevin O’Toole the bolter in Ireland squad for final World Cup qualifiers

The Boys in Green are preparing for their concluding World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and Hungary.

JERSEY BOY: Ireland Head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson has called up American defender Kevin O'Toole. Pic: Caean Couto/Getty Images

New York City's Kevin O’Toole has received his first Ireland call-up after the New Jersey-born defender declared through his grandfather.

O’Toole will assemble for the first time with the squad on Sunday, ahead of the concluding World Cup qualifiers against Portugal on Thursday at Lansdowne Road and away to Hungary in Budapest.