Goals from Lucy Quinn, Kyra Carusa and Lily Agg give a record crowd at Aviva Stadium plenty to cheer about as new era dawns 

The reality, confirmed a thousand times, is that the needs of the media and the dressing room are rarely aligned

As much as Irish football folk love a dose of controversy, the cloud that hung over Pauw’s future before and during the World Cup was a draining experience for all concerned

Ireland veteran Diane Caldwell has launched a withering attack on Vera Pauw

Amid the hail of controversy over their handling of Pauw’s dismissal, the FAI’s latest promise is for Hill to speak after the men’s window concludes against Netherlands on Sunday

The former Ireland manager says the Ireland captain shouldn't be held accountable for her losing her job

Ireland have a Nations League campaign to commence and it will shape the severity of their route to the next major tournament, the 2025 Euro finals in Switzerland

Tuesday night's decision by the FAI not to offer Vera Pauw a new contract was always likely to divide opinion after the Dutchwoman had led Ireland to their first ever World Cup

The FAI have confirmed that Eileen Gleeson will take interim charge of Ireland women's national team for their opening two Nations League games in September

From a cacophony of noise and adulation to deathly silence, Vera Pauw is aware but bewildered that her tenure as Ireland manager is hanging by a thread

Pauw waited until the 84th minute to make her first substitution, suggesting she was not prepared to grant McCabe’s wish of withdrawing Sinead Farrelly earlier

The occasion of gaining their World Cup point, thereby avoiding the ignominy of returning home pointless should have been one to celebrate

The prospect of a contract extension appears further away than ever following the Ireland manager's comments in the past 48 hours.

Vera Pauw’s four-year tenure as Ireland manager appears to be in doubt as she’s been left waiting for a contract renewal by the FAI

The Irish cannot make the knockout stages after defeats to Australia and Canada but still have one group game remaining against Nigeria in Brisbane on Monday

Not that she’d begrudge her pal Katie McCabe of Ireland’s World Cup seminal moment yet Denise O’Sullivan couldn’t help but postmortem her own shot at glory

O'Gorman played a major part in steering Ireland to the World Cup, starting the campaign in defence against Sweden and ending it in a forward role for the play-off in Scotland

The possibility of one of three centrebacks being sacrificed to provide a third midfielder to support Denise O’Sullivan and Ruesha Littlejohn has been floated

The Cork woman was walking unaided around the team’s Emporium Hotel in Brisbane 

The history-making Ireland women’s national team are the focus of a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ross Whitaker that will be aired on RTÉ One next week

The American didn’t know what sport she would pursue, never mind which country she’d represent, until recent years.

A long, storied coaching career for Vera Pauw reached its lowest point on Tuesday when she had to shatter World Cup dreams for players

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw has named her 23-player squad for next month's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand

Three goalkeepers will be joined by 20 outfield players, with another three travelling in a non-playing capacity unless a late injury triggers a change

Aoife Mannion says she was compelled to realise her ambition of representing Ireland when her Manchester United teammate Millie Turner suffered a health scare

Vera Pauw announced the Ireland squad today for the upcoming friendly with China

The FAI received a €20,000 fine from Uefa as a result of the dressing room singsong while celebrating World Cup qualification.

There are first senior call-ups for 16-year-old Shelbourne goalkeeper Katie Keane and Peamount United midfielder Erin McLaughlin

Progress in women's sport has been so glacial over the decades, but so rapid in the last few years, that you can almost feel the ground shifting beneath your feet in real time

While Donegal woman Amber Barrett's poignant celebration both moved and exhilarated the nation, thoughts have quickly turned to what happens next

The Ireland striker picked up an ankle injury in Liverpool's win over Chelsea.

Niamh Fahey has also been ruled out and has left the squad

Hourihan played 24 times for Ireland as well as for Chelsea and Manchester City at club level

The Peamount United attacker has been restored to senior Ireland duty in place of Kyra Carusa.

The Cork woman filled an unfamiliar role at the heart of defence for Vera Pauw's side in Sweden

Team vow to 'leave it all on the pitch' against top seeds Sweden

Amanda Nildén, Fridolina Rolfö and Filippa Angeldahl were all absent from Sunday’s training session

Galway girl Payne’s latest championship triumph with Florida State was tempered by the subsequent shock resignation of Mark Krikorian

Two goals from Emma Doherty got the Republic of Ireland Women's Under-19s off to a winning start with a 2-0 victory over Czech Republic in Opava

Ireland manager Vera Pauw is facing a defensive crisis of sorts for the trip to Gothenburg on April 12 with Diane Caldwell joining Savannah McCarthy on the injured list

McCabe is in Champions League action for Arsenal this evening and has a huge clash with Leicester City in the WSL on Sunday

Vera Pauw has selected 27 players in all for the April 12 qualifier against Sweden

A 4-1 loss at home to Iceland this afternoon ended their hopes of reaching the UEFA Women's Under-17 European Championships

Ziu will become the latest home based international to make the move across the water