The first priority is qualification for 2025 European Championships but Ireland are also desperate to halt a string of poor results
It is also a hugely important fixture in practical terms as Katie McCabe seeks to pick up where she left off in Brisbane last July. When last we saw the Irish skipper and Ballon d’Or nominee she was cajoling former coach Vera Pauw to stop standing still. “Freshen up!” McCabe demanded of Pauw, as the Nigeria contest lurched towards a scoreless draw and quiet elimination from the World Cup in Australia.
The FAI sided with the player view as Pauw was cut loose by director of football Marc Canham, who turned to the coaching nous of Colin Healy and Emma Byrne. The latter is the most interesting appointment as Byrne, who holds a record 134 Irish caps, appears to be a more permanent appointment than interim manager Eileen Gleeson.
“She has been vocal on the pitch in terms of her coaching points, her level of detail in meetings. It has been really good. She has so much respect from the whole team, I am just delighted she is part of it now because I think it will really benefit her going forward.”Priority number one is qualification for the 2025 European Championships in Switzerland, but, equally, Ireland are in desperate need of halting a string of poor results.
“A lot of us are in a part-time environment,” Callaghan revealed. “When we finish with the Euros [in 2022] a lot of us had to go back to our full-time jobs. It was different for the Irish girls who went back to their professional clubs. Obviously I have not been involved in [a professional club] so I don’t know what the processes are.”
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