{"id":1304170,"date":"2026-11-10T05:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T05:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1304170\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T05:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T05:40:20","slug":"ceadach-oneill-withdraws-from-northern-ireland-squa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1304170\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceadach O\u2019Neill withdraws from Northern Ireland squa&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       Ceadach O\u2019Neill has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland senior men\u2019s squad due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland manager Michael O\u2019Neill had selected a 25-strong squad for this month\u2019s UEFA Nations League fixtures against Ukraine and Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland, who currently top Group B2 with eight points from four matches, host Ukraine at the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park on Saturday 14 November before travelling to Budapest to face Hungary on Tuesday 17 November.<\/p>\n<p>Michael O\u2019Neill said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re naturally disappointed to be without Ceadach for the final two games of the campaign. He has been a great asset to the squad in the last international window and everyone here wishes him a swift recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wider squad and staff are looking forward to the two games ahead. We\u2019re in a good position in the group and there is plenty to play for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ukraine game in Belfast will be an important one for us, before we travel to Hungary for another challenging fixture. We\u2019ll be looking to build on the work we\u2019ve done so far and finish the campaign strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ceadach O\u2019Neill has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland senior men\u2019s squad due to injury. Northern Ireland manager Michael&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1304171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[107703,263736,1144,16,15],"class_list":["post-1304170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-irish-fa","tag-irish-football-association","tag-northern-ireland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117590545064765095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}