KEVIN KILBANE is out of the squad for Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Andorra and Armenia, reports EMMET MALONE

The 34-year-old failed to shake off the back and hamstring problems that have sidelined him for most of the past month and which prevented him playing in the games against Slovakia and Russia.

Kevin Foley, who requires surgery on an ankle problem, was, as of last night, the only other member of Giovanni Trapattoni’s preliminary squad to have pulled out ahead of their first training session together in Malahide today.