Starting Eleven named Shay Given (Newcastle United), Paul McShane (Hull City), John O'Shea (Manchester United), Richard Dunne (Manchester City), Kevin Kilbane (Wigan Athletic), Andy Keogh (Wolves), Darron Gibson (Manchester United), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Damien Duff (Newcastle United), Kevin Doyle (Reading), ,Caleb Folan (Hull City) NEWS - 16 November 2008
Poland match - squad changes
Both Robbie Keane and Aiden McGeady will miss the Poland friendly with injuries.
Reading's Noel Hunt has been called in NEWS - 14 November 2008
2008 FAI Ford Cup final Tickets available for this match which takes palce in the RDS on Sunday Nov 23rd. See ticketmaster for more details. NEWS - 10 November 2008
Squad for Poland friendly S Given, D Kiely, Joe Murphy, P McShane, J O'Shea, R Dunne, K Kilbane, Alex Bruce, Damien Delaney, Kevin Foley, Aiden McGeady, Keith Andrews, Darron Gibson, Glenn Whelan, D Duff, Stephen Hunt, Liam Miller, Andy Keogh, Robbie Keane, Kevin Doyle, Anthony Stokes, Caleb Folan, Shane Long.
NEWS - 16 October 2008
Ireland 1-0 Cyprus
NEWS - 10 October 2008
Ireland squad for Cyprus match
Shay Given (Newcastle United), Dean Kiely (West Brom), Joe Murphy (Scunthorpe United), Kevin Foley (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Alex Bruce (Ipswich Town), Damien Delaney (QPR), Richard Dunne (Manchester City) , Kevin Kilbane (Wigan Athletic), Joey O'Brien (Bolton Wanderers), John O'Shea (Manchester United), Paul McShane (Sunderland), Stephen Hunt (Reading), Aiden McGeady (Glasgow Celtic), Damien Duff (Newcastle United), Liam Miller (Sunderland), Andy Reid (Sunderland), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Keith Andrews (Blackburn Rovers), Darron Gibson (Manchester United). Kevin Doyle (Reading), Robbie Keane (Liverpool), Andy Keogh (Wolves), Shane Long (Reading), Daryl Murphy (Sunderland), Caleb Folan (Hull City), Anthony Stokes (Sunderland). NEWS - 9 October 2008
Ireland XI 2-0 Nottingham Forest NEWS - 6 September 2008
Georgia 1-2 Ireland Glen Whelan got his first goal as Ireland got their qualification campaign off to a good start with 3 points form their first match
Group 8 Table
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Italy
4
3
1
0
6
2
10
Ireland
3
2
1
0
3
1
7
Bulgaria
3
0
3
0
2
2
3
Montenegro
3
0
2
1
3
4
2
Georgia
4
0
2
2
2
5
2
Cyprus
3
0
1
2
2
4
1
Dates to Remember
Wed 19th November Ireland v Poland Friendly Croke Park, Dublin, ko 20.00
Fri 21st November Malta U19 v Ireland U19 UEFA Championship 1st qualifying phase Malta, ko 11.00(local)
Sun 23rd November Liechtenstein U19 v Ireland U19 UEFA Championship 1st qualifying phase Malta, ko 17.15(local)
Wed 26th November France U19 v Ireland U19 UEFA Championship 1st qualifying phase Malta, ko 20.00(local)
Wed 11th February Ireland v Georgia WC2010 Qualifier Croke Park, Dublin
Sat 28th March Ireland v Bulgaria WC2010 Qualifier Croke Park, Dublin
Wed 1st April Italy v Ireland WC2010 Qualifier Italy
