Exclusive | ‘That’s always been my aim, to get my first cap for Ireland...I’m absolutely desperate for it’Having overcome a number of setbacks, the 23-year-old midfielder is playing regularly for top-flight side Tondela and hopes he can force his way into Heimir Hallgrimsson's plansJoe Hodge in action for Tondela against Benfica's Leandro Barreiro at the Estadio da Luz. Photo: GettyAidan Fitzmaurice Today at 13:15From Budapest to Boston and all points in between, Irish men and women jumped and hugged friends and strangers in beer-soaked, manic celebrations when Troy Parrott delivered that salvo of goals in Hungary last year.

Source: Irish Independent March 05, 2026 16:48 UTC