The Republic of Ireland, along with fellow Euro 2028 co-hosts Scotland, Wales, and England, are expected to be granted automatic qualification for the tournament if they fail to qualify through the established process.
Uefa’s executive committee will meet in Bilbao next Wednesday – ahead of the Europa League final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur – to ratify the qualification format.
David Courell, the FAI chief executive, revealed last November that “automatic slots” will be held for a host nation that fails to qualify.
“We are having conversations with Uefa but the working assumption is all of us will go through qualification and if we are unsuccessful in qualifying on merit, then there will be…