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28th Mar 2016

Ireland’s final Euro 2016 warm-up game set to take place in Cork City in late May

Darragh Murphy

The date and venue for the Republic of Ireland’s fourth and final pre-Euro 2016 friendly has been confirmed.

After last Friday’s 1-0 victory over Switzerland, Ireland host Slovakia at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday night before the players return to club action.

Republic of Ireland v Switzerland - International Friendly

A third friendly takes place on Friday, May 27, also at the Aviva, against the Netherlands before the team head south for a training camp in Cork’s Fota Island Resort.

And it was confirmed on Monday that Ireland would indeed have time to cram in another friendly before they set sail for France, with a tie against Belarus scheduled for the second day of training camp.

Garda on duty outside Turners Cross ahead of tonight's game 8/8/2014

The game takes place on Tuesday, May 31, at Cork City’s Turners Cross and will be the first time that Ireland have ever faced Belarus.

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