Life has moved fast for Prendergast over the past couple of years. Born in Kildare, he spent 18 months of his childhood in Syria, where his father Mark – a lieutenant-colonel the Irish Defence Forces – was based at the time. “I have great memories of it,” Prendergast recalled of his time in Damascus. “I met Diarmuid Mangan, who I …
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The Republic of Ireland will be without Louise Quinn and Megan Connolly for their Euro 2025 play-off games against Georgia. Centre-back Quinn has injured her hip while Lazio midfielder Connolly is out with a hamstring issue. Republic of Ireland head coach Eileen Gleeson, who is already without several players through injury, has opted against calling up replacements. Goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan …
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In their latest Nations League fixture Northern Ireland will take on Belarus in Hungary on Saturday, the neutral venue the result of Uefa restrictions on the hosts. Fifty years ago, it was Northern Ireland playing in homes away from home with no international football staged in Belfast between October 1971 and April 1975. BBC Sport NI looks back on the …
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