Less than 24 hours after making his first Premier League start, Derry native Eunan O'Kane has received his first senior international call up.
Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill has named a provisional 37 man squad for next month's Euro qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia.
The Bournemouth defensive midfielder is one of 3 uncapped players included with Aberdeen's Adam Rooney and Brentford's Alan Judge who are called up again.
There are issues in the goalkeeping department with Sheffield Wednesday number one Keiren Westwood a doubt with an injury while David Forde is now plying his trade with Millwall in League One.
Forde's been recently usurped by Shay Given who can't get a game for Stoke City and the manager admits it is a concern
