{"id":2158754,"date":"2026-09-23T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2158754"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:20:34","slug":"republic-of-ireland-v-israel-irish-squad-will-come-together-to-discuss-fixtures-says-dara-oshea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2158754","title":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland v Israel: Irish squad will &#8216;come together&#8217; to discuss fixtures, says Dara O&#8217;Shea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/branded_sport\/1200\/cpsprodpb\/4567\/live\/cc2b1e00-b73a-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"ssrcss-2fe4mx-ArticleWrapper e1nh2i2l0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div data-block=\"headline\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<header data-testid=\"headline\">\n<h1 id=\"main-heading\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-8zqj65-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Republic of Ireland squad will meet to discuss Israel games<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1kx0s8k-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/4567\/live\/cc2b1e00-b73a-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4567\/live\/cc2b1e00-b73a-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/4567\/live\/cc2b1e00-b73a-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 480w, 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Friday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"metadata\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"metadata\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-09-23T11:20:34.089Z\">1 hour ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Dara O&#8217;Shea says the Republic of Ireland squad will wait until after Thursday&#8217;s Kosovo game before discussing how they approach Sunday&#8217;s contentious fixture against Israel. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Republic of Ireland face Kosovo in Pristina on Thursday (19:45 BST) before travelling to Debrecen in Hungary for the first of two Israel games in this international window. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There have been increasing calls in Ireland for a boycott of the matches, with a protest held at the Republic of Ireland team hotel in Dublin on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This followed an open letter by the Irish Sport for Palestine Group, signed by over 160 Irish sportspeople, urging the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to withdraw from the fixtures because of the situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Shea said it is important for the squad to &#8220;speak openly&#8221; and &#8220;respect each other&#8217;s views&#8221; when they come together to discuss the Israel game on Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to respect each other&#8217;s opinions and each other&#8217;s views and really sit down and take the time, because it deserves the time to talk about,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s the main thing and it&#8217;s something that can&#8217;t be brushed over. Whatever decision that we go through as players is taken as one and everybody&#8217;s view is respected as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Shea, who will captain the Republic of Ireland in the absence of the injured Nathan Collins, added the players have been aware of the &#8220;noise&#8221; surrounding this window but have tried to avoid it as much as possible. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The good thing we have as players is when we step into the squad you&#8217;re in the international bubble straight away,&#8221; added the Ipswich defender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So we&#8217;ve known the noise around the game and there has been, but I think we&#8217;ve all tried to stay off social media as much as possible and stay together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"links\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-94r6ik-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0s6gx-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Israel FA comments on Hallgrimsson &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; &#8211; Martin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">17 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0s6gx-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Neutral venues and no &#8216;away&#8217; fans &#8211; how Israel v Republic of Ireland became so contentious<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">22 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0s6gx-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Uefa rejected request to keep Republic of Ireland and Israel separate &#8211; FAI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">4 days ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Shea admitted it was a &#8220;difficult&#8221; and &#8220;unusual&#8221; situation for the players, who will also face Israel in the Republic of Ireland&#8217;s &#8216;home&#8217; game in the Serbian town of Backa Topola on 4 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a massive game tomorrow that we&#8217;ve been preparing for,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve come in on Sunday and that&#8217;s been our focus straight away was preparing for that game and giving it the amount of effort that it needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Kosovo are a great side and we&#8217;ve been preparing for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In February 2024, the Ireland women&#8217;s basketball team refused to shake hands with Israel and lined up for their anthem beside the team&#8217;s bench rather than the centre of the court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asked if a decision had been made about pre-match formalities, O&#8217;Shea said: &#8220;We spoke already at the start of the week that we&#8217;re going to come together on Friday and discuss this as a group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Tomorrow we&#8217;ve got a game to focus on, first of all. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll be doing our job properly if we didn&#8217;t put our full focus into that game. Once the game&#8217;s over and Friday comes, we&#8217;re all going to come together as one and discuss it openly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When asked if a boycott of Sunday&#8217;s Israel game will be discussed among the squad on Friday, O&#8217;Shea said: &#8220;For us, the decision was made by the FAI, Uefa and the Government. For us as players, that&#8217;s not our decision. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re Irish players and when called upon we come and represent our country and that&#8217;s important to know too. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Obviously when we come together, we&#8217;ll speak openly about what we feel and what we feel is right. And yeah, that&#8217;ll be given its time on Friday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"Making-headlines-not-so-clever-from-me-Hallgrimsson\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Making headlines &#8216;not so clever from me&#8217; &#8211; Hallgrimsson<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-fv2yr4-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/0031\/live\/e85f4ff0-b73b-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0031\/live\/e85f4ff0-b73b-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/0031\/live\/e85f4ff0-b73b-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/0031\/live\/e85f4ff0-b73b-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/0031\/live\/e85f4ff0-b73b-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/0031\/live\/e85f4ff0-b73b-11f1-aa9c-3d062fa3aea7.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source, <\/span>Inpho<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-3uli8u-StyledFigureCaption ehbdhz00\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hallgrimsson&#8217;s comments about facing Israel prompted an angry response from the country&#8217;s football association <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier this week, Israel&#8217;s football governing body accused Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimmson of &#8220;ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity&#8221; regarding comments he made about facing Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last week, Hallgrimsson said: &#8220;We&#8217;re not playing with genocide, we&#8217;re playing against genocide. We&#8217;re playing against Israel, we&#8217;re not playing with Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the FAI did not respond publicly, Taoiseach Micheal Martin [Irish prime minister] said Israel FA&#8217;s comments were &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and &#8220;should be withdrawn&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Addressing the matter on Wednesday, Hallgrimsson expressed gratitude for the support he has received while admitting &#8220;it was not clever&#8221; of him to generate headlines in the build-up to the Kosovo match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Obviously, we are grateful for all the support that we have,&#8221; said the Icelander, who has been in charge since 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Creating and taking over maybe the headlines at the moment, what I said [in the] last press meeting we had is taking the attention away from maybe what&#8217;s most important,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are playing an important game against Kosovo. So that was not the purpose and from a leadership point of view, it was not clever from me to take the attention like this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I need to be focused on the game, the players need to be focused on the game. But to answer the question, we&#8217;re thankful for all the support we get. It&#8217;s a tricky time for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Armed Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In response, Israel launched a massive military offensive in Gaza, during which more than 73,000 people have been killed, according to the territory&#8217;s Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel has repeatedly denied that it has committed genocide, as well as war crimes and crimes against humanity. 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