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FAI guaranteed 8% of tickets to Ireland’s World Cup matches if team gets there
Tickets would be available at initial prices, rather than inflated by Fifa’s dynamic pricing model
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Troy Parrott misses last-minute panenka penalty to equalise for AZ Alkmaar
Evan Ferguson started for Roma but was taken off at half-time
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Republic of Ireland will be among fourth-ranked seeds for World Cup draw
World Cup draw will take place in Washington on Friday week
‘From the highest of the highs to a low’: Troy Parrott still on goal trail despite ‘frustrating’ day
Sales of the Parrott jersey have gone through the roof in Alkmaar, with Shelbourne next on the striker’s hit list
Roma manager’s joy as Evan Ferguson finally scored was a moment to cling to
Gian Piero Gasperini believes the Irish striker has the qualities to be a star for his title-chasing team
Irish player tracker: Feelgood factor continues as Troy Parrott and Evan Ferguson on mark
Finn Azaz delivered his best performance in a Southampton shirt and Mikey Johnston shone for West Brom
Even the reporters broke character briefly during Irish football’s fairytale week
Heimir Hallgrímsson enjoyed his ‘told you so’ moment after remarkable double-header that revived World Cup hopes
Much-maligned World Cup format to thank for Ireland’s dream week
A 16-team tournament would have put paid to qualification hopes long ago
Malachy Clerkin: As the club industrial complex kicks in, this Ireland team has shortened the winter
Transfers, form, fitness: settle in for months of obsessing over the almost 40 players with a chance of making the squad in March
The Irish Times view on sporting hope: a way to navigate uncertainty
Reserves of hope were low until two implausible victories over Portugal and Hungary
Ken Early: How big a mess is the Czech football team right now?
Thursday’s playoff draw sees Ireland play the least intimidating opponents they could have been pitted against
Heimir Hallgrímsson set for contract talks with FAI after Ireland seal World Cup playoff spot
Ireland manager is in strong position to command increase on his €650,000 salary with lucrative bonus for World Cup qualification
What happened in Ireland’s World Cup playoff draw and what are our chances of qualifying?
Heimir Hallgrímsson’s men need to win two more games to make it to the tournament in North America next summer
World Cup playoffs: Cost of flights to Prague for Ireland match soar as some sell out
Ryanair adds 3,000 seats to cater for demands as ticket prices sky-rocket but there are alternatives
Czech Republic’s ongoing crisis could offer Ireland opportunity in playoff semi-final
Czechs operating under interim manager while federation withheld player bonuses after win over Gibraltar
World Cup playoff draw: Republic of Ireland to play Czech Republic
Northern Ireland to play Italy in March after tricky draw
‘Ireland is a very unpleasant and tenacious opponent’: Czech Republic react to World Cup playoff draw
The morale of Czech football is low after a defeat to the Faroe Islands last month
Heimir Hallgrímsson: ‘I know Prague is a tough place to go, but anything can happen in this game’
Ireland head coach hoping fans get a chance of a home playoff final at the Aviva Stadium
Ciarán Murphy: This week has reaffirmed – but also recalibrated – our national identity
Whether it’s Troy Parrott’s hat-trick or Loughmacrory winning their first county final, the joy goes beyond boundaries
Does Troy Parrott’s goal make your top five Irish sporting moments?
Our writers have given their views, now it’s your turn
World Cup playoffs: Who are Ireland’s potential opponents and when is the draw?
Path to North America made clearer by Tuesday’s final group results
Ireland’s largely painful history of major tournament playoffs
Keep the faith, but the Republic of Ireland’s record doesn’t make for optimistic reading
Team-by-team guide to Ireland’s potential World Cup playoff opponents
Czech Republic have been in turmoil, while Wales end their campaign on a high
Why there’s no longer any need to ask the GAA what they think
The days of provocatively looking for Croke Park’s reaction to the Irish soccer team are gone
World Cup playoff: Ireland to face Poland, Wales, Czech Republic or Slovakia
Republic of Ireland to face away playoff semi-final
Neuropsychologist Ian Robertson: Troy Parrott’s words show a remarkable quality of Irish culture
Parrott’s lack of ego, his grit and the way he says ‘we’ rather than ‘I’ were forged in adversity and disappointment
Yerevan to Budapest: How Ireland turned around a World Cup qualification campaign in 68 days
The ecstasy of Sunday’s win over Hungary felt a world away from the despair of September’s loss to Armenia
How a move to Dutch football revived Troy Parrott’s career
Dutch football writer Jan Willem Spaans on the way Ireland’s young striker silenced critics in the Netherlands and became AZ’s talisman
World Cup playoff draw: What needs to happen for Ireland to make Pot 2 on Thursday?
There’s a number of variables in play ahead of Thursday’s draw as the final qualifier groups are completed
Troy Parrott gave us a chance to be innocently happy. Whatever happens from here, that lasts forever
Over the campaign, this Ireland side showed themselves to be all the things you’d want from a team representing the country
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