THE FAI have made a complaint to UEFA after an Ireland Under-17 player was racially abused during Saturday’s UEFA qualifier with Poland. Colin O’Brien’s outfit beat the Poles 2-0 – with… ...

“The comment was reported to the match officials at the time and the players immediately made Republic of Ireland U17 Head Coach Colin O’Brien aware of the incident.

The FAI says it has reported to Uefa a "racist incident" which occurred in a Republic of Ireland U17 game against their Poland counterparts.

Republic of Ireland players will earn €28,000 from playing in World Cup. Prize money from Fifa for the tournament has jumped to €102.8m, up from the €28m on offer at the previous World Cup.

A pre-World Cup friendly between Ireland and Colombia on Thursday was abandoned after just 20 minutes after it was deemed “overly physical” by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).