The reasons for Irelands poor pre tournament facilities & preperation are these.

The FAI league in Ireland is probably one of the poorest in the Western world. It has no billion pound deal with Sky TV to pay earn millions of pounds in revenue. It is the fourth most popular sport played and supported in Ireland. Any money earnt during their qualifiers, and hopefully long world cup run, will be put back into their league to strengthen it. Roy Keane a product of the FAI knows this and if he really wanted the best for the team and his country, he should have put his hand in his back pocket, pulled out some of his wedge and put it on the FAI's table to provide a suitable environment to prepare in. Was he not involved in a clash a couple of years ago with the FAI, when he had to fly on a trip to Turkey as business class instead of first class? He accused them of amatuer preperations. PUT UP OR SHUT UP KEANE!!!!