August 2006
Shock senior call up for St Ledger...28/08/2006
Stephen Staunton sprung a major surprise with the call up of 21 year old Birmingham born defender Sean St Ledger to replace the injured Stephen Kelly in the squad to face Germany on Saturday. The 6 foot tall St Ledger has started all of Preston North End's matches in central defence this season, following his transfer from Peterborough during the summer. Barnsley goalkeeper Nick Colgan has also joined the squad to replace the injured Paddy Kenny.
Givens forced to make changes to U21 Squad...28/08/2006
Don Givens has recalled UCD midfielder Gary Dicker and eighteen year old Anthony Stokes to the squad to face Belgium on Friday next in Galway. Darron Gibson and Jay Tabb have both withdrawn through injury.
World Champions too strong for Irish Women...26/08/2006
Noel King's Republic of Ireland Senior Women's team lost their final World Cup Qualifying Group game this afternoon. World Champions Germany took the lead after two minutes and a further brace of goals before half time settled the match. The Irish women put in a much improved second half performance and King's squad will look to build upon those efforts in the future. Ireland next play Italy in a friendly at Richmond Park on Saturday 9 September 2006.
Paris in the Fall for Derry City...25/08/2006
Ireland's sole European survivors Derry City, were today drawn to meet French giants Paris St Germain in the next round of the UEFA Cup. Following their impressive progress against Gothenberg and Gretna, the 'Candystripes' will look forward with some relish to competing with their French opponents. Derry are at home in the first leg on Thursday 14 September with the second leg scheduled for 28 September 2006 in Paris.
Dramatic exit brings despair to Drogheda...24/08/2006
Drogheda United exited the UEFA Cup in a dramatic penalty shoot-out in Dalymount Park tonight. Trailing 1 nil from the first leg against IK Start of Norway, the Setanta Cup holders played with calm composure and scored a merited equaliser through Eamon Zayed, six minutes from the end of normal time. Extra time failed to produce a goal and the tie was decided on a penalty shoot-out. All 22 players on the pitch at the end of extra time took a penalty before the Norwegian side triumphed by 11-10.
Disciplined Derry City through to next round...24/08/2006
Derry City entertained Scottish side Gretna in the second leg of the UEFA Cup qualifying round at the Brandywell tonight. Following their emphatic 5-1 away success in the first leg, Derry were always favourites to progress. Despite the concession of an early goal the 'Candystripes. remained disciplined and focused to secure a 2-2 draw and move into the first round proper, the draw for which takes place in Nyon, Switzerland tomorrow.
Ireland squad for Germany...21/08/2006
 Stephen Staunton welcomes back Shay Given, Richard Dunne, Damien Duff, Stephen Ireland and captain Robbie Keane for the European Championship qualifier with Germany in Stuttgart. Defender Ian Harte remains unavailable through injury, The squad also sees the return of Gary Doherty as central defensive cover and the retention of winger Alan O'Brien. The biggest surprise is the omission of Andy Reid who returned to Premiership action with Charlton Athletic on Saturday last.
Ireland climb one place in FIFA rankings...19/08/2006
Despite not playing a game during June and July, the Republic of Ireland has moved up one place to 38 in the latest FIFA international rankings. Our Senior Women, managed by Noel King, retain their FIFA ranking of 32.
Stalemate for U19s in Terryland Park...18/08/2006
Manager Sean McCaffrey took the opportunity to view the remainer of his squad in this second encounter with Ukraine in Galway on Thursday evening. Ireland dominated the majority of the match against the gifted Eastern Europeans and were unlucky not to win the game which ended scoreless. Sean McCaffrey must now ponder upon the squad he will select for the first phase of the European qualifiers to be played in Macedonia during October 2006.