Town duo Ronan Murray (pictured) and Ian McLoughlin have been named in the Republic of Ireland squad for their European U19 Championship elite qualifying group games in Ukraine later this month.

Striker Murray and keeper McLoughlin will hope to be involved when the Irish youngsters face England in Kiev on Wednesday 26th May, then hosts Ukraine two days later in Borodinka and finally Bosnia-Herzegovina, also in Kiev, on Sunday 31st May.

Murray has previously won 11 caps at U19 level, while McLoughlin made his debut in the first of two recent friendlies with Poland. Both players have been offered new one-year contracts by the Blues, in Murray's case his first professional deal.

Republic of Ireland U19s: Ger Hanley - Mervue United, Ian McLoughlin - Ipswich Town, Richie Towell - Celtic, Johnny Dunleavy - Wolverhampton Wanderers, Andy Boyle - UCD, Sean McGinty - Manchester United, Shaun Timmins - Birmingham City, Shane McEleney - Derry City, Conor Clifford - Chelsea, Conor Henderson - Arsenal, Conor Hourihane - Sunderland, Daniel Kearns - West Ham United, Jimmy Keohane - Wexford Youths , Robbie Brady - Manchester United, Ronan Murray - Ipswich Town, Jamil Adam - Barnsley , Joe Mason - Plymouth Argyle, Harry Crawford - Southend United.

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Gordonzola added 12:34 - May 19 Know nothing about him, but told by a Sunderland fan that Conor Hourihane could be a player heading for Town on loan. Keano knows him from his time there apparently. Think he's a striker and very highly regarded apparently
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