Stephen Kenny attempting change while trying to qualify for a championship

‘Passionate’s the word. I know how much this job means to him’

Sheffield United fullback says Republic boss should be judged on more than just his CV

33-year-old who last played for Ireland in ’07 says he has ‘three or four years’ left in him

‘More players should travel but it can be very hard. It can be a bit of a wild west sometimes’

Dubliner confident that Ireland can develop a more expressive football style

The verve and brio his teams play with can often seem at odds with his public persona

Balaclava joke not the first time McClean overstepped the mark on social media

Things are in flux on the island and it’s hard to know what shape the game will be in by 2030

Former Napoli forward Marek Hamšík is still playing and captaining their side

Derrick Williams, Sean Maguire and Callum Robinson goals secure friendly win

The doomed Vantage Club ticket scheme was a fiasco that cost Irish football dearly

Our football is stuck in the past, and there seems to be no going back to the future

Worship of head coach has come a long way from the Messianic heights of last November

Nottingham’s new assistant manager will ‘bring steel’ to the team, says Liam Lawrence

FAI finance chief says businessman paid ‘slightly more’ than half of the salaries of senior Irish team’s managers

High performance director believes McCarthy and Kenny can herald a new era

New manager knows he has to do a bit of panel beating to knock dinged-up squad into shape

Dundalk manager believes idea he would not command respect as ‘quite insulting’

A number of factors point to a second stint for McCarthy who left the job in 2002