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Roy and the Boys In Green won't have to face Mesut Özil next Tuesday. Steve Langan / Inpho Steve Langan / Inpho / Inpho

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• Two more years – Jimmy Barry Murphy has committed to staying on in charge of the Cork senior hurlers.
• Martin O’Neill isn’t thinking about goal difference on Saturday, he just wants a win over Gibraltar.
• Irish rugby needs a mentality shift, reckons Doug Howlett.
• In case you missed it, the 2014 Allstar football nominations came out this morning with Kerry, Dublin and Donegal leading the way.
• It’s been a pretty stunning rise to prominence for Brian Lenihan and he’s been coming to terms with his Ireland call-up.
• Dublin have gone for a Cork man as their new senior hurling manager tonight.
• Leinster are coming to terms without Cian Healy and Sean O’Brien, and they’re looking at tactical tweaks in their gameplan.

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Away

• There’ll be no Mesut Özil for Ireland to worry about in Gelsenkirchen next Tuesday, he’s going to be sidelined for a while with injury.
• A fireman and policemen – here’s the Gibraltar squad that Ireland are going to be coming up against on Saturday.
• Sonny Bill Williams was back in rugby union action in New Zealand this morning.
• The Aussies have issued a statement of intent with their squad selection for the International Rules.

The Aussies had little to cheer about during last year's International Rules serires. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

On The Record

“In none of the games that we’ve played so far have we parked the bus. We do work very hard on defence but we can also counter-attack very well. My attackers will show that they’re capable of scoring goals against anyone.”

Gibraltar boss Allan Bula has had some words of warning for Ireland.

Where we were today

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Will Slattery was chatting to Doug Howlett and Denis Hickey, Ben Blake caught up with the Irish squad in Malahide while also talking to Robbie Brady and Steve O’Rourke met Bernard Brogan.

The best thing we shared

Here’s how the Irish rugby jersey has evolved over the years.

The fixture list

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Showbiz, baby

The Fed is starstruck.

Making a case for each of the three Footballer of the Year contenders – who should win?

‘It’s not about hand-picking the elite kids’ – Olympian Eoin Rheinisch