Turns out, Staunton was so rattled by the experience that he sheepishly knocked on Jack Charlton’s hotel room door the night before the last 16 tie against the Netherlands, back at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.

The Republic of Ireland end 2025 with a 3-2 win over Hungary in a behind closed doors friendly at the Marbella Football Center.

HEIMIR HALLGRÍMSSON will be in Washington today for the World Cup draw. He will hope that, with the benefit of hindsight, he does not end up looking like a man who went for a suit fitting having

Better start with the good news. If the Republic of Ireland qualify for next summer’s World Cup, the FAI will receive 8 per cent of the tickets for each game involving Heimir Hallgrímsson ’s team. Fifa have ringfenced 16 per cent of the seats for every game at North America 2026 at their initial prices for competing associations to sell to fans.

Liam Delap is the latest player faced with the dilemma of whether to commit their international future to England or the Republic of Ireland.As was the case with Declan Rice, Jack Grealish and

Alan Mahon has resigned from his role as the Republic of Ireland's assistant coach due to "personal reasons". Mahon, who won two caps for Republic of Ireland during his playing career, was appointed as Carla Ward's assistant in January after a spell as a coach at Manchester City.

Republic of Ireland women's assistant head coach Alan Mahon has stepped away from the post with immdiate effect.