Dara O’Shea urges Ireland to use World Cup disappointment for Euro 2028 campaignBy Damian Spellman, Press AssociationDara O’Shea has urged his Republic of Ireland team-mates to use the disappointment of a heartbreaking World Cup play-off exit to fuel their bid to qualify for Euro 2028. Ireland face North Macedonia in Dublin in a friendly on Tuesday still hurting from the knowledge that they were four minutes away from hosting Denmark instead, with a place at this summer’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico on the line. The 27-year-old told a press conference: “It’s a massive disappointment for us as players and the fans that we don’t have that game and an opportunity to go to the World Cup. “You have aspirations and hopes and dreams of getting to a World Cup and we wanted to have that in our hands, on Tuesday night we wanted to have a game to get to the World Cup. He said: “I want these players to continue to perform and do well and again just growing, all the time growing.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2026 15:33 UTC