Summary
STEPHEN IRELAND kept playing despite a painful injury to score the Republic's first goal at Croke Park and ease the pressure on manager Steve Staunton.
Ireland sent a capacity crowd of 74,000 wild with delight in the 39th minute when he raced on to a pass by Robbie Keane and rounded goalkeeper Danny Coyne before slotting the ball into the net from an acute angle.See the full content of this document
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Ireland the Brave
The victory keeps alive the Republic's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 although they may be without their match-winner against Slovakia on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old Manchester City midfielder said: 'I felt a couple of sharp pains around my groin in the warm-u...See the full content of this document
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