‘We're hard-working people but we’ve got to show that on the pitch’ – Dara O’Shea on the path Ireland are taking
Dara O'Shea is determined to get Ipswich Town back to the Premier League. Photo: Getty
At a stage in the calendar when most club players have downed tools and gone to the beaches for a summer break, those at the coalface of the international game work away in the summer heat.
And for Ireland defender Dara O’Shea, it is that work ethic which stands out from the last three internationals under Heimir Hallgrimsson – with positive notes for the big tests to come in the autumn World Cup qualifiers.