Tag: richard dunne

After the international retirements of Shay Given and Damien Duff the last thing we needed was a Richard Dunne farewell, but the Honey Monster is going to hang around for a while yet.

The good news is that Spain’s main attacking threat is out; the bad news is that our defensive leader has had a little bit of an injury scare.

Hallelujah, praise the good news, Richard Dunne is back training.

We don’t mean to cause you any undue alarm, but there is a slight chance that arguably Ireland’s most important player might not make it to the Euros.

Everton defender Shane Duffy has been handed the fairly ominous task of trying to fill Richard Dunne’s boots for the friendly against the Czech Republic later this month.

Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne left Irish fans and Giovanni Trapattoni sweating after sustaining a shoulder injury in yesterday's Manchester City defeat, but how long is he out for?

The five Irish players in action for Aston Villa couldn’t prevent Arsenal from making a thrilling comeback in the FA Cup fourth round clash at the Emirates this afternoon.

Any opportunistic players keen on bigging up their Irish connections to get a place in the Irish squad for Euro 2012 will not be welcome.

The Irish jersey worn by Richard Dunne on THAT night in Moscow, complete with the number 5 scrawled on by marker, has been put up for auction by the Irish centre-half.

Trap's too lazy to do it, so leave it to JOE to look back on the performances of the established and potential members of the Ireland squad over the weekend.

Richard Dunne’s own goal curse struck once again as QPR rescued a point at the death against Aston Villa at Loftus Road.

Being absolutely pasted in almost every area of the field was bad enough, but the Richard Dunne jersey situation was a shameful and humiliating episode for everyone involved in Irish football.

Richard Dunne has admitted he’d be thrilled to follow Robbie Keane to Hollywood - but only when the time is right.

Richard Dunne is looking forward to joining forces with his Ireland teammate Shay Given, who he has described as the “best goalkeeper in the Premier League”.

New Villa boss Alex McLeish has told Richard Dunne and Stephen Ireland that they have a future at the club.

We think we know who it is. We know who you think it is. But who knows? All we can say is that there seems to be an Irish equivalent to Ryan Giggs out there.

Mick McCarthy is about to step up efforts to bring Ireland defender Richard Dunne to Wolves.

This morning, JOE looks at how Ireland defender Richard Dunne has managed to achieve so much, yet is still seen by many as nothing more than a liability.

Aston Villa centre-half and Republic of Ireland international Richard Dunne is out for month with a shoulder injury.

Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has opened the door for both Stephen Ireland and Richard Dunne to leave the club in January.

Aston Villa duo Richard Dunne and Ciaran Clark and Hull City defender Kevin Kilbane have withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad for Wednesday night’s friendly with Norway.

In honour of the prolific Richard Dunne and Jamie Carragher, JOE has compiled some of our favourite own-goals.

Aston Villa defender and former England under-18 captain Ciaran Clark has pledged his international future to the Republic of Ireland.

Giovanni Trapattoni has opted to stick with the same side that defeated Andorra last month for Friday evening’s Euro 2012 qualifier clash with Russia at the Aviva Stadium.

Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne is expected to be fit for Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifier with Russia on Friday.