Ireland manager Steve Staunton today named a 25-man squad for the Group D games against Slovakia in Bratislava on 8 September and the Czech Republic in Prague four days later.

The squad includes John O'Shea and Darron Gibson from United; Richard Dunne and Stephen Ireland fron City and Celtic's Aiden McGeady.

Republic of Ireland squad:

Colgan (Barnsley), Doyle (Birmingham), Given (Newcastle), Henderson (Preston), Dunne (Man City), Finnan (Liverpool), Foley (Wolves), Kelly (Birmingham), McShane (Sunderland), O'Shea (Man Utd), Carsley (Everton), Douglas (Leeds), Gibson (Man Utd), Hunt (Reading), Ireland (Man City), Kilbane (Wigan), McGeady (Celtic), O'Brien (Hibernian), Potter (Wolves), A Reid (Charlton), Doyle (Reading), Keane (Tottenham), Keogh (Wolves), Long (Reading), Murphy (Sunderland).