FAI Awards Nominations: Kevin Doyle, Richard Dunne and Shay Given have been short-listed for the FAI senior footballer of the year award for 2007.
The 18th international awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 3rd, at the Citywest hotel and will be broadcast live on RTÉ from 8pm.
Stephen Ireland, Shane Long and Aiden McGeady will contest the "young player" category.
Nominations for goal of the year include Doyle's strike in Slovakia, Stephen Ireland's at home to Wales and Robbie Keane's effort at the Millennium Stadium. This will go to a public vote.
The nominations are split into 18 categories, chosen by a panel from the Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland, and include a "hall of fame" award, a "special merit" award and an "international personality" award.
This year also sees the introduction of a "women's under-17 international player of the year" award. The Irish women progressed to the elite qualifying phase of the first Uefa Championship for this age group.
NOMINATIONS
SENIOR PLAYER: Kevin Doyle (Reading), Richard Dunne (Manchester City), Shay Given (Newcastle Utd).
YOUNG PLAYER: Stephen Ireland (Manchester City), Shane Long (Reading), Aiden McGeady (Celtic).
GOAL OF THE YEAR: Kevin Doyle (away v Slovakia), Stephen Ireland (home v Wales), Robbie Keane (away v Wales).
UNDER-21 PLAYER: Darren O'Dea (Celtic), Stephen O'Halloran (Aston Villa), Stephen Quinn (Sheffield Utd).
LEAGUE OF IRELAND PLAYER: Dave Mooney (Longford Town), Brian Murphy (Bohemians), Brian Shelly (Drogheda Utd).
UNDER-19 PLAYER: Keith Treacy (Blackburn Rovers), Eddie Nolan (Blackburn Rovers), Adam Rooney (Stoke City).
UNDER-17 PLAYER: Ian Daly (Manchester City), Laurence Gaughan (Celtic), Conor McCormick (Manchester Utd).
UNDER-16 PLAYER: Conor Clifford (Chelsea), John Dunleavy (Wolverhampton), Aaron Doran (Blackburn Rovers).
FAI SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL PLAYER: Pat Mullins (CBS, Sexton Street, Limerick), Peter McMahon (St Macartan's, Monaghan), Richard O'Donovan (Presentation College, Cork).
JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL PLAYER: David Lacey (Killester Utd), Séamus Crowe (Athenry FC), Stephen O'Mahony (Lisselton Celtic).
AMATEUR PLAYER: Paul McCabe (Crumlin Utd), Declan O'Connell (Douglas Hall FC), Brendan O'Connell (Avondale Utd).
FOOTBALL FOR ALL AWARD: Christine Kelly (Special Olympics Women), Kieran Woods (Irish Schools), Derek Jordan (Irish Deaf Team, Moate Celtic).
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL PLAYER: Emma Byrne (Arsenal), Sarah Peters (Seattle Saunders), Niamh Fahey (Salthill Devon).
WOMEN'S UNDER-19 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER: Lynn Dowling (Lynsey Wilton College, Kentucky), Áine O'Gorman (Stella Maris), Louise Quinn (Peamount Utd).
WOMEN'S UNDER-17 INTERNATIONAL: Julienne Russell (Salthill Devon), Karen Duggan (Piltown), Gillian McDonnell (Dundalk City).
