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The Irish contingent at Preston North End's first team is set to grow that bit larger this weekend with another Cork inclusion.

Martin O’Neill named a 34-man Ireland squad on Thursday that was, for the most part, light on surprises. As expected, James McCarthy has been included after completing an hour in Everton’s League Cup defeat to Chelsea on Wednesday night, while the ties have come too soon for captain James McClean to be considered for selection. Jon Walters’ is another name …

With the sheer amount of Irish players at Burnley and Preston, it was only a matter of time before a friendly was organised between the two sides. Though it may be sheer coincidence that these two teams are facing each other at Deepdale on Tuesday night, it will not have gone unnoticed that there is a significant Irish element to …

With the imminent signing of Jon Walters, Burnley are set to take their Irish international contingent to five later this week. The forward joins compatriots Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick, Kevin Long and Stephen Ward at Turf Moor, as Sean Dyche goes about building the most Irish side in the Premier League. One division below them, and on a similar mission …

Losing Simon Grayson could have been bad news for Preston North End’s Irish collective – but it may not be bad news after all. Former Norwich boss Alex Neil replaced Grayson earlier this week and while there was a fear that the new manager might look to overhaul the squad to his own satisfaction, he seems more than willing to …

Cork City striker Sean Maguire will be joining Preston North End next month, but it looks as though he won’t be playing under the manager that signed him. Simon Grayson has built up something of an Irish contingent at Deepdale in the last couple of years, with Maguire set join with compatriots Daryl Horgan, Andy Boyle, Alan Browne, Greg Cunningham and …

Further to confirmation that Cork City striker Sean Maguire will be moving to Preston North End in July, reports on Tuesday have suggested that the Championship club have yet more business to conduct on Leeside. The Lancashire Post are alleging that Simon Grayson’s side are “on the brink” of signing left-back Kevin O’Connor to add to the ever-growing Irish contingent at …

Martin O’Neill’s Ireland will be looking to bounce back immediately from a disappointing result against Mexico on Thursday night. The understrength Boys in Green went down 3-1 in New Jersey, as O’Neill’s 3-5-2 experiment failing to pay dividends. The manager will be looking for a much better performance against Uruguay on Sunday, and indeed he should get it as nine …

Sean Maguire’s stellar form for Cork City this season has heightened calls for the striker to be included in the Irish national setup. The 23-year-old has scored nine goals in eleven Premier Divison games this season as John Caulfield’s side sit well ahead of the chasing pack at the top of the table, and Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has certainly …

Ireland has, for the most part, been saddled with workmanlike if not wholly prolific strikers down the years. Robbie Keane, of course, is the anomaly to this rule (with a deeply impressive one goal every two games ratio) but Irish strikers have generally tended to follow the “one goal in four games” pattern – the likes of Niall Quinn, Tony Cascarino …

Ireland’s friendly against Iceland on Tuesday night turned out to be something of a damp squib. Martin O’Neill’s side lost 1-0 courtesy of a first half free-kick from Hordur Magnusson, and although the match had little on the line other than pride (and FIFA world ranking points), the performance was still enough to irk former Irish manager Brian Kerr. The RTE Sport …

Following Ireland’s hard-fought draw with Wales on Friday night, Martin O’Neill rang the changes for this evening’s friendly encounter with the Iceland. The visit of the Euro 2016 quarter-finalists gave the management team the chance to give some minutes, for the first time in some cases, to the squad’s fringe players. Andy Boyle, Daryl Horgan, Stephen Gleeson, Johnny Hayes, John …

Robbie Brady will captain Ireland in Tuesday night’s friendly against Iceland. The Burnley man will stand in for injured captain Seamus Coleman at the Aviva stadium. Martin O’Neill has confirmed that the 25-year-old will skipper the side as other candidates Jon Walters, Glenn Whelan and John O’Shea return to their clubs early. Brady has 31 caps for his country and has …

After drawing with Wales on Friday night to leave them in second place on goal difference in World Cup qualification Group D, Ireland’s attentions now turn to Euro 2016’s surprise package, Iceland. Here we select the team Martin O’Neill should put out for the friendly on Tuesday night. _________ Goalkeeper: Kieran Westwood Ireland are lucky to have such a capable understudy …

Ireland enter tonight’s game against Wales with a somewhat depleted squad but also a collection of fine in form individuals. Aiden McGeady has been grabbing headlines of late while James McClean has starred so far in this qualifying campaign. However two of Ireland’s best players domestically this season remain uncapped. Conor Hourihane has managed 13 assists and 7 goals this season …

Martin O’Neills squad selection signalled the start of the build up to Ireland’s qualifier against Wales on March 24th. A 39 provisional squad was announced with that number to be trimmed to a match-day 23 with some of the players not involved possibly taking to the pitch against Iceland. The Ireland manager will be forced into change from the side …

With Ireland’s crunch tie against Wales fast approaching, Martin O’Neill will name his provisional squad this week. Provisional tends to be the key word when the Derryman reveals the consistently long list of players selected for international duty. It is usually a 40-man panel, reduced to 27 and then 23 for the match day. O’Neill is a loyal manager, meaning …

With Irish numbers in the Premier League dwindling year on year, Preston North End could be the team to bring an influx of green back to the top flight. The Lancashire club have gained much attention from Irish punters over the last couple of months for all the right reasons. In early December, the club tied up pre-contracted deals for …