{"id":471652,"date":"2026-05-28T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/471652\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:42:09","slug":"ireland-v-qatar-live-updates-follow-the-action-from-international-friendly-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/471652\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland v Qatar live updates: Follow the action from international friendly \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland v Qatar, 7.45pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Ireland: Kelleher; Coleman, Collins (capt), O\u2019Shea, O\u2019Brien, Scales; Molumby, McGrath; Ogbene, Parrott, Moylan<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Ireland team is out: Kelleher; Coleman, Collins (capt), O\u2019Shea, O\u2019Brien, Scales; Molumby, McGrath; Ogbene, Parrott, Moylan. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your Ireland starting XI to face Qatar \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<\/p>\n<p>A strong selection from Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson with Nathan Collins captaining the side\u00a9\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off at the Aviva is 7:45pm \ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f\u2618\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDT3BKFyMk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RDT3BKFyMk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ireland Football \u26bd\ufe0f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea (@IrelandFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IrelandFootball\/status\/2060050972018348084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">So Moylan gets a chance after scoring a hat-trick against Grenada, McGrath is back in the starting team after some time away after a good season for Hibernian.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our youngest \ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff Men\u2019s National Team debutants \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\ud83e\udde2<\/p>\n<p>Could we see a new addition to the list tonight? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PLFl8JOs1R\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PLFl8JOs1R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ireland Football \u26bd\ufe0f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea (@IrelandFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IrelandFootball\/status\/2059979204301631788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Jaden Umeh could joint the list of 18-year-olds playing for Ireland if he gets a chance tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Expect an experienced side tonight against Qatar, according to Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson: \u201cThis is the only day we have a proper training session with everybody ready and fit, so we will go for experience tomorrow. We\u2019ll start with the ones that have been with us before. That gives us another week to prepare the younger guys for the Canada match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">\u201cHopefully we can give some of them some time on the pitch [against Qatar], but given this is a strong opponent going for the World Cup, I know we need experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">More on that here, and also on S\u00e9amus Coleman:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/soccer\/2026\/05\/27\/the-carrot-of-the-euros-is-very-tempting-seamus-coleman-considering-retirement-u-turn\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018I feel good\u2019: S\u00e9amus Coleman not planning retirement and hopes to play for Ireland at Euro 2028Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">\u201cThe official slogan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/qatar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/qatar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qatar<\/a>\u2019s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup was \u201cExpect Amazing\u201d. Perhaps wisely, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/football-association-of-ireland-fai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/football-association-of-ireland-fai\/\" target=\"_blank\">FAI<\/a> has adopted a more low-key approach to marketing Thursday\u2019s friendly,&#8221; writes James McDermott about the opposition tonight. Last time they came to Dublin, Callum Robinson scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/soccer\/2026\/05\/28\/ireland-meet-qatar-somewhere-between-apathy-and-amazement\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland meet Qatar somewhere between apathy and amazementOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Hello and welcome to live coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland-mnt\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland-mnt\/\">Republic of Ireland<\/a>\u2019s friendly game against Qatar at the Aviva Stadium. Kickoff is at 7.45pm. It\u2019s more than two months now since Ireland\u2019s disappointment of failing to make the World Cup, after penalty shootout heartbreak in Prague in a playoff against the Czech Republic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Ireland face their first official match since then, having played an unofficial game against Grenada when at a training camp in Spain two weeks ago, winning 5-0. They will face a Qatar side who have qualified for the World Cup, in a group with Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland. It will be a chance for some new players to get camps, but also a few of the main stars may play like Troy Parrott, Caoimh\u00edn Kelleher and Nathan Collins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">We will update you with the starting XI when it comes available.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland v Qatar, 7.45pm Ireland: Kelleher; Coleman, Collins (capt), O\u2019Shea, O\u2019Brien, Scales; Molumby, McGrath; Ogbene, Parrott, Moylan Ireland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,1842,48229,44452],"class_list":["post-471652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-republic-of-ireland-mnt","tag-seamus-coleman","tag-troy-parrott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}