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It took five attempts to win one and there’s been more heartbreak than joy down the years

Ireland squad locked and loaded as Slovakia test looms

Republic manager Kenny confident O’Dowda will be in contention to start on Thursday

Stephen Kenny: Matt Doherty’s Spurs switch a ‘great deal’ for player and club

Ireland manager says Dara O’Shea’s versatility makes him an important addition

Mick McCarthy insists he and Stephen Kenny ‘get on very, very well’

Manager’s successor to oversee Ireland’s Uefa Nations League Group B4 matches

Cyrus Christie hits out at ‘useless’ support over online racist abuse

Fulham and Ireland defender says troll started poll to have him lynched after Denmark defeat

Kick It Out urges FA to take action over racist incidents

Sister of Ireland’s Christie and Stoke’s McClean among those targeted on opening weekend of Championship season

Fulham investigating alleged racial abuse of Cyrus Christie’s sister

Ireland defender alleged sister was hit and abused during Cottagers’ defeat at Barnsley

TV View: FAI shenanigans at least took our minds off the Gibraltar game

Delaney very much a Remainer as the FAI creates an Executive Vice President ‘backstop’

McCarthy says he is amazed by decision to give Rice award

Stephen Ward retires from international football as McCarthy names squad of 23

Ronan Curtis and Alan Browne to miss Euro qualifiers

Glenn Whelan and James Collins keep places as Ireland squad cut

Pogba’s brace steers United past Fulham and into fourth place

United were far superior at Craven Cottage as Solskjaer’s winning tenure continued

Gonzalo Higuain opens account with double for five-star Chelsea

Premier League round-up: Wolves too strong for Everton; Burnley claim draw after late penalty

Harry Winks and Spurs break Fulham hearts

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder swoops to score 93rd minute winner at Craven Cottage

Racism remains a perennial problem in Irish sport

Simon Zebo just the latest to shine a spotlight on an unpleasant fact of Irish sporting life

Everton bounce back from Spurs beating by scoring five at Burnley

Premier League round-up: in early kick-off Wolves strike late to deny Fulham win

Chelsea get back to winning ways against Fulham

Pedro and Loftus-Cheek give Blues three points against Claudio Ranieri’s Cottagers

Matt Doherty misses training again with facial injury

Alan Browne is the only other doubt amongst the players in original, extended squad

O’Neill ‘delighted with the endeavour’ despite another Ireland defeat

Harry Wilson’s strike seemed symbolic of diverging paths for Ireland and Wales

TV View: Wales can see clearly now as the sky falls in on Ireland

Phil Babb deserves a pay rise after suffering those two games while Keith Andrews seethes

Ken Early: Ireland’s clean sheet comes at a crippling cost

Even Messi needs three chances to score a goal, Ireland seldom create three in a match

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