Reading striker Kevin Doyle, Manchester City defender Richard Dunne and Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given are the three nominees for the FAI international senior player-of-the-year award.
The trio were chose by a panel from the Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland and the winner will announced at the awards ceremony in Dublin on February 3rd.
Despite a series of controversial incidents a both international and club level, Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland is in the running for the young player-of-the year award. The Cobhman is joined on the list of nominees by Reading's Shane Long and Aiden McGeady of Celtic.
McGeady's clubmate Darren O'Dea is nominated for the under-21 award as are Aston Villa's Stephen O'Halloran and Stephen Quinn of Sheffield United.
Ireland and Doyle are both in the running for goal of the year; the former for his Croke Park strike against Wales and the latter for his stunning long-range effort away in Slovakia. Robbie Keane's goal against Wales in Cardiff completes the short-list.
On the domestic front, Longford Town striker Dave Mooney finished the season as top scorer despite the fact his club were relegated from the Premier Division. He is in contention for League of Ireland player-of-the-year along with Bohemians goalkeeper Brian Murphy and Drogheda' United's consistent defender Brian Shelley.
The Hall of Fame, Special Merit and International Personality Awards will be announced on the night. The eircom International Goal of the Year will be decided by public vote. Details on how to vote for this category will be announced at a later date.
• Four clubs have been formally welcomed into the eircom League of Ireland in order to compete in the new 'A Championship' division, which will commence during 2008. The four clubs accepted into the A Championship are: Mervue United, Tullamore Town, Salthill Devon and Sporting Fingal. These four clubs will be entered into the 2008 A Championship.
The A Championship will be the third layer of the eircom League of Ireland and competing in it will give Mervue United, Tullamore Town, Salthill Devon and Sporting Fingal the opportunity to win promotion to the First Division.
Senior
Kevin Doyle (Reading)
Richard Dunne (Man City)
Shay Given (Newcastle)
Young
Stephen Ireland (Man City)
Shane Long (Reading)
Aiden McGeady (Celtic)
Under-21
Darren O'Dea (Celtic)
Stephen O'Halloran (Aston Villa)
Stephen Quinn (Sheffield United)
Eircom League of Ireland
Dave Mooney (Longford Town)
Brian Murphy (Bohemians)
Brian Shelly (Drogheda United)
Under 19
Keith Treacy (Blackburn Rovers)
Eddie Nolan (Blackburn Rovers)
Adam Rooney (Stoke City)
Under 17
Ian Daly (Manchester City)
Laurence Gaughan (Celtic)
Conor McCormick (Manchester United)
Under 16
Conor Clifford (Chelsea)
John Dunleavy (Wolves)
Aaron Doran (Blackburn Rovers)
FAI Schools International Player
Pat Mullins (CBS, Sexton Street, Limerick)
Peter McMahon (St. Macartan's College, Monaghan)
Richard O'Donovan (Presentation College, Cork)
Junior International
David Lacey (Killester Utd).
Seamus Crowe (Athenry FC)
Stephen O'Mahony (Lisselton Celtic)
Amateur
Paul Mc Cabe (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)
Aine O'Gorman (Stella Maris)
Louise Quinn (Peamount United)
Women's Under 17 International Player
Julienne Russell (Salthill Devon)
Karen Duggan (Piltown)
Gillian McDonnell (Dundalk City)
Goal of the Year
Kevin Doyle (Away v Slovakia)
Stephen Ireland (Home v Wales)
Robbie Keane (Away v Wales)
