MARTIN O’NEILL HAS cut his Ireland squad to 29 players ahead of their end-of-season friendlies.
Everton’s James McCarthy, goalkeeper Darren Randolph and West Ham’s Joey O’Brien are the three from O’Neill’s initial panel who have not been included.
McCarthy has an ankle injury while O’Brien has been ruled out for three months with a dislocated shoulder.
The Boys in Green kick off their four-match summer schedule against Turkey in the Aviva Stadium this Sunday, 25 May, before the games against Italy in London, and Costa Rica and Portugal in America.
The bulk of the squad are due to meet up in Malahide on Thursday morning.
Derby County trio Richard Keogh, Jeff Hendrick and Conor Sammon as well as QPR’s Kevin Doyle are expected to fly in following Saturday’s Championship playoff final at Wembley.
Republic of Ireland squad
David Forde, Rob Elliot, Richard Keogh, Marc Wilson, Seamus Coleman, John O’Shea, Alex Pearce, Stephen Kelly, Damien Delaney, Shane Duffy, Jeff Hendrick, Ciaran Clark, Stephen Ward, Glenn Whelan, Paul Green, Aiden McGeady, Anthony Pilkington, James McClean, Stephen Quinn, David Meyler, Wes Hoolahan, Robbie Keane, Shane Long, Daryl Murphy, Jon Walters, Kevin Doyle, Anthony Stokes, Simon Cox, Conor Sammon.
