Sales of the Parrott jersey have gone through the roof in Alkmaar, with Shelbourne next on the striker’s hit list

Enjoying the feeling of connection with well-known people you have never met is not inherently ‘unhealthy’

Reserves of hope were low until two implausible victories over Portugal and Hungary

Counting Willie Mullins or Jack Kennedy as part of the crowd does not convince the public

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s men need to win two more games to make it to the tournament in North America next summer

On RTÉ Radio 1, Oliver Callan mourns the departure of the minister for finance in winning style

Whether it’s Troy Parrott’s hat-trick or Loughmacrory winning their first county final, the joy goes beyond boundaries

When Troy Parrott celebrated his winner against Hungary, he showcased a GPD vest made by Newry-based STATsports

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Gary Gannon highlights lack of amenities in north inner-city despite number of top-level athletes from area

Parrott’s lack of ego, his grit and the way he says ‘we’ rather than ‘I’ were forged in adversity and disappointment

Dutch football writer Jan Willem Spaans on the way Ireland’s young striker silenced critics in the Netherlands and became AZ’s talisman

Place where Irish football’s newest hero grew up brims with pride after memorable hat-trick

There’s a number of variables in play ahead of Thursday’s draw as the final qualifier groups are completed

Over the campaign, this Ireland side showed themselves to be all the things you’d want from a team representing the country

Critically endangered parrot species named in honour of Troy Parrott after his remarkable displays help team reach World Cup play-offs

Manager is cemented in the job now if he wants to take Ireland on the Euro 2028 campaign

Turned out the hope didn’t kill us after all, as Troy Parrott hat-trick against Hungary lifted us all up to cloud nine

Ireland’s win over Hungary saw the most dramatic Irish late winner ever followed by the best goal celebration

Written off by Tottenham, he reinvented himself in the Netherlands and has now brought the magic to the Ireland squad