World Cup 2002 recalled: Ireland do themselves proud, as Keane walks his dog
Fallout between captain and Mick McCarthy sparked biggest row in Irish sports history
Vera Pauw comfortable making the tough choices as Ireland eye six points
Diane Caldwell has been pushed out of back three with Savannah McCarthy impressing
Mick McCarthy sees another managerial life slip away as Cardiff cut him loose
Former Ireland boss had joined Welsh club after short stay at Apoel Nicosia
Ken Early: This Ireland feels like a team at the beginning of its story not the end
Stephen Kenny’s team has got people interested in what happens next
Stephen Kenny likely to be given time to finish what he started
Previous Ireland managers have failed to recover from seismic setbacks
England v Republic of Ireland – The last six meetings
Tight games between old foes fail to produce a winner across the last 25 years
Brawls to handballs: The complete guide to Ireland’s playoff history
It took five attempts to win one and there’s been more heartbreak than joy down the years
Worst Sporting Moment: Drowned and nearly out as Jack Charlton era peters out
Ireland went to Lisbon in November 1995 with hopes high. They were soon washed away
Worst sporting moment: White knuckle ride on a hate-filled night at Windsor
Gerry Thornley has yet to experience a more hateful atmosphere than Windsor Park in 1993
Stephen Ireland hoping to rekindle Ireland career 13 years later
33-year-old who last played for Ireland in ’07 says he has ‘three or four years’ left in him
Roy Keane’s former adviser Michael Kennedy has died
London lawyer worked as a representative for a number of Irish football players
Sporting Controversies: The whole story of Saipan and how the saga unfolded
Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy’s fallout at the 2002 World Cup after a telling interview
FAI may have stumbled on right choice again in Stephen Kenny
Dubliner confident that Ireland can develop a more expressive football style
Understated Stephen Kenny offers Ireland a ray of light
The verve and brio his teams play with can often seem at odds with his public persona
Aston Villa’s Irish brigade: Tangled up in claret and blue
Reasons for connections to club may be varied but commitment cannot be questioned
Who are Slovakia? A look at Ireland’s Euro 2020 playoff opponents
Former Napoli forward Marek Hamšík is still playing and captaining their side
Footballer by trade, golf pro by vocation: the extraordinary life and times of Ronnie O’Brien
Former Republic of Ireland star played for Carlo Ancelotti’s Juventus in his early career
Joey O’Brien eager to help Shamrock Rovers end their long cup hoodoo
Former Bolton and West Ham defender has proved a real leader for Hoops boss Bradley
Stephen Ireland reflects on having to ‘pick Ireland over my kids’
From the age of 17 to 19 he was raising two young children alone, on £85 a week
Ken Early: Irish fans are like elderly Brexiteers – stuck in the past
Our football is stuck in the past, and there seems to be no going back to the future
Premier class: Irish players struggling to make top grade
Premier League kick-off: Just nine players who started in the game in Ireland featured in the Premier League last season
Plenty to chew on at Ross’s stakeholder’s forum but what becomes of it is key
No shortage of views expressed among 200 invitees to event at the Mansion House
Why is John Delaney in the news . . . so much?
There is no need for the top administrative functionary in the FAI to be so high-profile
Leo Cullen plotting a steady course through calmer waters
Leinster’s head coach overcame a turbulent start to prove his mettle in spectacular style
O’Neill likely to experiment given ‘dead rubber’ nature of Denmark clash
Republic of Ireland manager already choosing to look ahead to the European qualifiers
World Cup Moments: Roy Keane tells McCarthy to ‘stick it up your b*****ks’
Sixteen years on from the most contentious event in Irish sport, the jury remains out on Saipan
Liam Miller fought cancer with ‘ferocity’, funeral told
Ex-Ireland player fulfilled all his boyhood dreams during his soccer career, mourners hear
Could Republic maverick Stephen Ireland be Stoke City’s saviour?
After two years in the widerness, Mark Hughes may give FA Cup start against Coventry City
World Cup playoffs: Ireland’s opponents in their own words
Journalists from Croatia, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland discuss their teams
Soccer holds sway in GAA wastelands of Dundalk and Drogheda
The Louth county final brings together teams from two of the biggest towns in Ireland
The top 25 Irish players to play in the Premier League era
To celebrate 25 years of the English league, Emmet Malone picks his Irish standouts
Pragmatic Ireland and Martin O’Neill still quick to revert to type
Wes Hoolahan has been far from peripheral but remains a passenger in long-ball game
O’Neill ready to turn his attention to tried and trusted
More established players take centre stage as manager focuses on upcoming Austria test
Pricewatch: Are we optimistic about the economy or not?
Nielsen and the ESRI tested consumer confidence with different results
Former Ireland star Steve Staunton files for bankruptcy
Ex-footballer and manager invested in film scheme investigated by UK revenue
You won €66m in EuroMillions? Here’s what it could get you
Why not visit space with 289 friends? There are worse ways to spend money
Republic of Ireland set for Netherlands farewell friendly
Dutch visit to Dublin will be last chance for players to impress Martin O’Neill
Roy Keane and Ireland taking nothing for granted
Assistant-manager says Gibraltar capable of causing the Republic problems
Wales finally reaping their just reward
Patient hard work by the Welsh FA and the top clubs is finally bearing fruit
Ireland to be fourth seeds in Russia 2018 qualification draw
Martin O’Neill’s men have moved up eight places in the Fifa rankings to 52nd
Ken Early: Hoolahan key factor in defining game
Combative Scots will not be pushed around, so guile will be needed to propel campaign
Soccer feeling like unloved child in tale of two sports
Trapattoni returned to Italy convinced the Irish public was more passionate about rugby – but he was wrong
Alan Bennett inspired by Wimbledon’s past FA Cup glories against Liverpool
Intriguing clash a career highlight for former Cork City and Republic of Ireland defender
Ireland: Great matches drawn from history
Last night’s superb effort in Gelsenkirchen is the latest instalment from a series of outstanding results down through the years
Vindication for McGeady as crucial points are rescued
If Ireland do qualify for Euro 2016 it will unlikely be by more than the two points that were not lost
Richard Dunne brings down the green curtain
Defender (34) calls time on international career which started against Greece in 2000
Stephen Quinn keen to make most of new opportunities
Hull midfielder a late starter, with just three caps, all earned in the last 12 months
O’Neill says ball is now firmly in Ireland’s court
Stoke midfielder has neither answered nor returned calls from the Republic’s manager regarding a return to the international set-up
World Cup countdown: Two men, one island, no surrender . . . Saipan remembered
In the first of a new series counting down to the World Cup in Brazil, we look back at an incident that divided the nation
Gags fall foul of tough crowd but Martin O’Neill’s message is received
New Ireland manager works the room, room plays hard to get
Roy Keane will have to park his ego at the changing room door
You have to bite your lip at times, something Martin O’Neill’s assistant may find difficult
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