Town defender Damien Delaney and prospective loan signing Keith Andrews have been named in the provisional Republic of Ireland squad for their European Championship qualifiers in September.

Ireland face Slovakia at home on September 2nd and Russia away on September 6th.

The Blues are hopeful that Blackburn man Andrews will complete his move from the Lancashire club today and that he’ll make his debut against his old club Hull City on Saturday.

Republic of Ireland: Shay Given (Aston Villa), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland), David Forde (Millwall), John O'Shea (Sunderland), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Paul McShane (Hull City), Kevin Foley (Wolves), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Stephen Ward (Wolves), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Kevin Kilbane (Derby County), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City), Darren O'Dea (Leeds United), Damien Delaney (Ipswich Town), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Darren Gibson (Manchester United), Keith Andrews (Blackburn Rovers), Keith Fahey (Birmingham City), Andy Keogh (Wolves), Damien Duff (Fulham), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Stephen Hunt (Wolves), Liam Lawrence (Portsmouth), James McCarthy (Wigan Athletic), Keith Treacy (Burnley), Marc Wilson (Stoke City), Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Jon Walters (Stoke City), Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion), Simon Cox (West Bromwich Albion).

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BROTHERBLUE1974 added 15:05 - Aug 11 Quality... Hi rob...
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wellhungphil added 15:06 - Aug 11 COME ON THE BOYZ IN GREEN !!
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weddings added 15:27 - Aug 11 When is he going to sign it is taking a long time just to get some paper work through ? I can see it will be Kennedy and Smith at the back on saturday :[
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ipswich_is_the_best added 18:42 - Aug 11 Weddings there not in the squad till september I hope andrews signs soon if it has colapased hijack middlesboroughs move for fairs Haroun. We were linked with him earlier in the summer. And at 25 he sounds good
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