Phil Egan

The draw for the semi-finals will take place on Thursday the 18th of June.

Those matches will be played on the 7th and 13th of October and the final is then for the 26th of November and 5th of December.

Ireland will face a team from League C.

So it'll be either Hungary, Greece, Romania, Belarus, Kosovo, Lithuania, Croatia or Kazakhstan.

Ireland are up to 21st in the world rankings off the back of their campaign.

It's their highest ever ranking.

If they reach a playoff final, more than likely it'll be a team that finish fourth in one of the groups in League A. That could be Belgium, who Ireland beat in the Nations League Promotion Relegation Playoff last October.

Finland, Scotland, Portugal, Switzerland and Wales are some of the other potential opponents.

The FAI has submitted its final bid to UEFA to host the 2029 Women's Champions League final in Dublin.

The Aviva Stadium is facing rival bids from Wales, France and Switzerland.

The venue staged the Europa League finals there in 2011 and 2024 and there will be matches played there for Euro 2028.

Speaking of the Aviva, Ireland's men's Nations League home clash with Israel looks set to be moved out of Dublin.

It's expected an announcement will come on Thursday after a board meeting.

Sinn Féin TD for Louth, Joanna Byrne joined Owen Sheahan on the football show last night and said the issue isn't where it's played rather than the game being played at all.

We don't want these matches to go ahead at all and we don't believe they should.

And if you want to hear that back in full, you can do so now in your OTB football podcast feed.

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