Martin O'Neill has named a provisional squad for the Republic of Ireland's International Friendly games against Switzerland (March 25) and Slovakia (March 29) in the Aviva Stadium.
And the squad includes Aberdeen’s Jonny Hayes who gets a call up for the first time. Jonny has represented Ireland at underage level.
On hearing the news this afternoon Derek McInnes told www.afc.co.uk “I’m delighted for Jonny. It’s not easy to get into the Irish squad at the moment when they have so much to play for so this is real recognition for his level of performance for the club.”
The Ireland squad in full is:
Goalkeepers Darren Randolph (West Ham United) David Forde (Millwall) Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) Rob Elliot (Newcastle United)
Defenders Cyrus Christie (Derby County) Seamus Coleman (Everton) Richard Keogh (Derby County) John O'Shea (Sunderland) Alex Pearce (Bristol City*) Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers) Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) Paul McShane (Reading) Stephen Ward (Burnley) Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Midfielders Robbie Brady (Norwich City) James McCarthy (Everton) Jeff Hendrick (Derby County) Darron Gibson (Everton) Harry Arter (Bournemouth) Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth) Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) Paul Green (Rotherham United) Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) David Meyler (Hull City) Stephen Quinn (Reading) Aiden McGeady (Sheffield Wednesday*) James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) Alan Judge (Brentford) Jonathan Hayes (Aberdeen) Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City)
Forwards Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) Shane Long (Southampton) Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids) Anthony Stokes (Celtic) Simon Cox (Reading)
* Denotes players as currently on loan.
