McAteer Withdraws From Ireland Squad
Friday, 8th May 2026 18:18

Town forward Kasey McAteer has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad due to injury.

On Thursday, McAteer was named in the Irish party travelling to Murcia, Spain for a training camp and friendly with Grenada on Saturday 16th May.

The FAI has now announced that the 24-year-old is among those to have pulled out of the squad due to injury.

Skipper Dara O’Shea and on-loan winger Chieo Ogbene remain part of the group, while Jack Taylor was left out having been struggling with his knee injury in recent weeks.

Ireland have two more friendlies, Qatar in Dublin on May 28th and a trip to Canada on June 6th, but a separate squad will be selected for those games with no players whose season is still in progress picked for the Grenada.

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Saxonblue74 added 18:42 - May 8 These pointless games need to stop. Players need a break.
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armchaircritic59 added 18:44 - May 8 Over celebrating maybe? Completely pointless friendly anyway, as a lot of friendlies tend to be, with the exception of pre season.
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BerksBlue15 added 20:07 - May 8

We couldn't have FA Cup replays because there are too many fixtures and it affects player welfare, but flying overseas for a pre-tournament warm up game against a team ranked about 150th in the world after a 46 game season absolutely has to stay on the footballing calendar. What a joke. Don't blame McAteer (or any player) who withdraws from these pointless kickabouts to protect themselves.

PortmanTerrorist added 10:32 - May 9 Player Welfare vs Tin Pot game...easy/good decision. How low has the Irish FA dropped btw....Grenada FFS ! lol
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Bazza8564 added 11:20 - May 9 Good, get on the beach son, let that hangover subside and get back to Playford road for pre-season and continue the form of the last couple of months
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