Phil Egan

Courtney Brosnan, Megan Connolly and Leanne Kernan are all back after they missed the Nations League playoff win over Belgium last October due to injury.

Heather Payne misses out despite returning to action with Leicester last weekend after recovering from an Achilles problem.

Ireland's first game of the campaign is against France at Tala Stadium on the 3rd of March.

Four days after that then it's an away match against the Netherlands.

Carlo Ward spoke to the media in Abbottstown earlier on.

Real Madrid and PSG are both in action tonight in the Champions League play-off round.

Just 19 days after Anthony Truman's 98th minute header sent Benfica into the play-off round and goal difference at the expense of Marseille, the two-time European champions meet Real again in Lisbon.

Benfica finished 24th to take the last place for the play-off round.

Madrid finished in 9th, one place and one point outside the automatic qualification spots for the last 16 minutes.

Alvaro Arbeloa will have to do without Rodrigo and Jude Bellingham due to injury and suspension.

There's an all-French clash in Monaco this evening.

The team from the Principality take on holders PSG who won 10-0 over two legs against another French side Brest in the playoff round last season before they went on to win the trophy.

Borussia Dortmund take on Atalanta in their play-off tie in Germany tonight.

Dortmund have just one win from their last seven Champions League games against Italian sides.

They've drawn three and lost three.

All those games I mentioned kick off at 8 o'clock.

First up at 5.45, Galatasaray are at home to Juventus.

Luciano Spalletti's Juve side were controversially beaten by rivals Inter at the San Siro over the weekend.

Troy Parrott scored another goal for Azed Alkmaar last Saturday, his 12th league goal of the season.

It came away to his former club Excelsior in injury time and Azed went on to score a few minutes later to move back into the top six in the Eredivisie.