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You've heard every preview there is to hear for the World Cup.... until now. We asked our Football Reporter, and football nerd (hipster) Ben Symes to give us his Avant Garde (hipster) Preview of this Summer's action in America, Mexico and Canada. Essentials literature, rare top scorers, days to miss, days to glue yourself to the couch, music to listen to, dark horses, not pretty horses, Irish angles, we've got you covered for everything!

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As the dust settles on Ireland's defeat to France in Grenoble, former Ireland manager Sue Ronan joins Eoin Sheahan to reflect on how far they have come under Carla Ward, and what they hope to achieve as they turn their attention to the playoffs in the hopes of qualifying for the World Cup.

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Mick, Matthew and David talk through the opening fixtures of the 2026 World Cup as the first games kick of on Thursday.

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It would have been great to be waking up this morning with a ticket to Brazil but overall it's been a time of growth and exceeding expectations for Carla Ward and her Ireland side.
Kathleen McNamee is joined by Karen Duggan and Scarlett Herron to reflect on both the defeat to the French in the final qualifying game of Group A but also the Nations League campaign as a whole.

Join Ben Symes, Matthew Brennan, and David Wilson on this week’s episode of the Green Scene, your one-stop shop for all things Irish football.
The lads talk about the Israel game which is set to be moved out of Dublin, and what the repercussions of that would be?
There is also a review of the recent camps in Canada and Spain, and why there are reasons to be positive for the future.
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