Lessons from Portugal feat help Kenny plan for Ireland’s clash with Belgium
Manager focusing on getting balance right in attack so players complement each other
Sideline Cut: It might just be easier to unite a country than to break up a dressingroom
Two international sides on a tiny island should tell onlookers everything about the Irish
Michael Walker: John Wayne should have had a Jackie Charlton calendar
A leader, and for his willingness to be blunt, to challenge orthodoxy, he was cherished
TV View: Proper Irish wake for Big Jack, the man who gave the nation notions
Laughter and tears in equal measure as former Ireland manager fondly remembered
Liverpool are top of the league for Christmas after Wolves win
Jurgen Klopp’s team continue unbeaten start thanks to goals from Salah and Van Dijk
Sideline Cut: Fundamental reform the only way forward for Irish football
The age of the big persona leading limited Ireland to improbable glory has passed
Mark Lawrenson: BBC viewer alerted me to cancerous skin
Former Liverpool player had cancerous patch of skin removed from face after email
Ken Early: Footballers aren’t patriots, they just play matches
Most players declare for Ireland through convenience, not a deep love for the country
World Cup TV: Opiate for the masses on a month-long drip
Telly coverage promises to be anything but lacklustre over a month of football fever
Fantasy Football: Harmless escapism or a very strange obsession?
The game now consumes millions of people all over the world, including 200,000 in Ireland
President pays tribute to ‘best of the game’ John Giles
Former player and manager ends a 31-year association with RTÉ as a football analyst
Euro ’88: Jack Charlton points Ireland’s ‘beautiful, skilled losers’ on path to glory
A phone call in December 1985 set in train one of the key chapters in the history of Irish football
RTÉ’s Après Match team ready to tackle new characters during Euro 2016
Kevin Kilbane, Gerry Armstrong and Jimmy Nesbitt in the firing line
Euro Moments: Ronnie Whelan shins it to win it against USSR
Stunning volley caps off exceptional Irish performance in Hannover draw at Euro 1988
TV View: No easy group as dark night of the Euro draw had fighting fatigue
Over in Vegas, the speed, the precision, the brutality – Rogan let Aldo have it
TV View: Panel’s forebodings prove unfounded on joyous night
Martin and Roy man-hugging, half the stadium weeping, Dunphy too.
Sideline Cut: Whatever Jack Grealish decides, he has proved loyalty to Ireland
Choice on international future is one the 19-year-old must be allowed to take time over
Ireland and Poland renew friendship that has brought fond memories for blazers
There are many reasons why countries have met so often and not all are football ones
Matchless formula still providing football fans with their weekly fix
The BBC’s Match of the Day programme is 50 years old – but still delivering the goods
Composed Ireland able to reflect on night for the ages
O’Shea goal turns usual story of another gutsy defeat to a rush of pure Irish elation
Samba Soccer: Poor old Moyesie never far from ridicule
Patrick Madden looks at the weird and wonderful from Brazil 2014
Wes Hoolahan an overnight sensation after too many years
Little midfield maestro finally coming into his own for Ireland
Ronnie sighs as he wonders where former champions Spain have gone
Mary Hannigan’s TV View from Day Two of Brazil 2014
Moyes dismisses claims Van Persie wants out
Manchester United manager also insists his side remain in the title race
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