Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has named a provisional 32 man squad for the summer internationals. There's no room for Stephen Ireland in the squad but captain Robbie Keane returns having missed the friendly defeat to Serbia in March. Shane Duffy and Conor Sammon are also included ahead of the games with Turkey, Italy, Costa Rica and Portugal. The Boys in Green start with a friendly against Turkey at the Aviva on May 25th, then they play Italy in London on May 31st and head to America to take on Costa Rica in Philadelphia on June 6th and Portugal in New York on June 10th.
Ireland squad: David Forde, Darren Randolph, Rob Elliot, Richard Keogh, Marc Wilson, Seamus Coleman, John O’Shea, Alex Pearce, Stephen Kelly, Damien Delaney, Joey O’Brien, Shane Duffy; James McCarthy, 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, Connor Sammon