Town loanee Darren O’Dea has been named in a provisional Republic of Ireland squad for their Carling Nations Cup game against Wales at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on February 8th.
O’Dea has previously won three full caps. Former Blue Jon Walters is also included in the squad.
Republic of Ireland: Shay Given (Manchester City), Keiren Westwood (Coventry City); John O’Shea (Manchester United), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Sean St. Ledger (Preston North End), Kevin Foley (Wolves), Kevin Kilbane (Huddersfield Town), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Darren O’Dea (Ipswich Town), Paul McShane (Hull City), Marc Wilson (Stoke City), Darron Gibson (Manchester United), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Paul Green (Derby County), Liam Lawrence (Portsmouth), Stephen Hunt (Wolves), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Keith Treacy (Preston North End), Damien Duff (Fulham), Keith Fahey (Birmingham City), Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Shane Long (Reading), Andy Keogh (Wolves), Leon Best (Newcastle), Anthony Stokes (Celtic).
Photo: ITFC