Category: Articles
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Reporting from the Aviva Stadium. Not even the strangest of friendly games, marked by not one but two red cards, will be enough to take the conversation away from the FAI this week as decisions taken to fulfil fixtures against Israel this Autumn re-enter the news cycle. While the game was set to serve as an ugly reminder of the country’s failure…
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Written by Donald Thomson Looking forward to the next two years of Irish football “It was a fixture we had to fulfil, it was a contractual obligation, and it was fulfilled.” Those were the words of Richie Sadlier at the full-time whistle of what can be called nothing other than a footballing humiliation ritual, as…
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It Was One Of Those Nights At Lansdowne Road. Make no mistake, Ronaldo Mania was real last night. Arriving in Dublin at around 5pm, the Aviva’s surrounding streets were dotted with away fans and many Irish kids wearing Portugal jerseys, Al Nassr shirts or CR7 scarves. At one crossroads, a busy merchandise seller was handing…
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Jim Crawford’s young men are back in action The Ireland Under-21’s face a crunch tie in their quest for a maiden European finals on Friday night as they welcome Slovakia to Turners Cross. Both sides have perfect records and sit level on points in the group, with Slovakia ahead on goal difference by two goals.…
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It was an entertaining clash at the Aviva Stadium. There were fans at the Aviva last night who had flights and hotels booked for Tuesday’s game against Armenia with American dreams in their hearts. One of them was beside me, having the most understandable half-time meltdown you’re likely to see. Forty-five minutes later though and…
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Mason Melia dragged Ireland to an ugly win Vs Moldova. Ireland kicked off their quest to reach the 2027 U21 European Championships with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Moldova. Two goals from LOI poster boy Mason Melia secured the victory, but only after an early Moldovan opener. As the scoreline suggests, it was a…
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Ireland face Hungary this Saturday with everything to play for. Wednesday evening saw the ‘Ireland Football’ social accounts take the unusual step of sharing a motivational video of manager Heimir Hallgrimsson foaming at the mouth for this opening World Cup qualifier against Hungary: “”Everything we work for, every training session, every sacrifice… has led to…
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It’s a new campaign for the Ireland under-21s. Jim Crawford’s u21’s kick off their 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying campaign away to Moldova tomorrow before facing Andorra in Tallaght next Tuesday. They have often been the shining light of optimism in the wake of the Irish senior team’s struggles to compete for qualification and…
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Irish Football Predictions For The 2025/2026 Season With less than a month to go from the beginning of Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign and most of Europe’s major leagues back in full swing, it’s prediction time for Ireland Radar as we get our writers Dylan Hudson and James Ffrench to map out how the season…
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The best Irish football prospects around. Tomorrow marks the start of 2025 and while we are still waiting for our so-called golden generation to click into top gear, we can still take comfort in knowing another generation of ballers are on their way. Heimir’s Hounds are making forward strides but some lively reinforcements from the…
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