Brian Kerr has named a panel of 18 players for two Republic of Ireland under-18 friendly matches against Germany in Dusseldorf on August 29th and 31st. In addition, he has named his under-16 squad for the Youth Toto Cup tournament being held in Vienna from August 22nd to 27th - where the Republic will play Austria, Brazil and Germany.

Republic Of Ireland (Under-18): B Roche (Nottingham Forest), S Deeny (Notts County), F Murray (Blackburn Rovers), N Hudson (Nottingham Forest), D van Zanten (Celtic), A Shevlin (Nottingham Forest), C Byrne (Sunderland), D Murphy (QPR), A McDermott (Man Utd), J Lester (Everton), J Gamble (Reading), R Doyle (Blackburn), A Reid (Nottingham Forest), C Larkin (Wolverhampton), B Cash (Nottingham Forest), N McNamara (Nottingham Forest), J Byrne (VFL Kirchhein), S Thornton (Tranmere Rovers).

Republic Of Ireland (Under-16): M Cranley (Belvedere Boys), D Kelly (Ipswich Town), K Sharkey (Belvedere Boys), C Kenna (Coventry City), K Brennan (Home Farm), P Ennis (Aston Villa), G Whelan (Manchester City), I McGrane (Wolverhampton), S Bradley (Arsenal), P Keegan (Leeds United), M O'Brien (Belvedere Boys), S Rice (Coventry City), A Kinsella (Leeds United), S Elliott (Manchester City), R Shields (Leeds United), S Maguire (Belvedere Boys), V Tyrrell (Home Farm), W O'Sullivan (Arsenal),