Dublin: Shane Long gave Ireland a morale-boosting 1-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina ahead of the European Championship on Saturday but midfielder Keith Fahey was ruled out of the tournament through injury.
Fahey has been struggling with a groin problem since he joined the squad and he pulled up in the friendly on Saturday.
After scans, coach Giovanni Trapattoni decided to replace Fahey with Paul Green, who is without a club since being released by Derby this month.
The deadlock in the match was broken by Long, a second-half substitute, heading home from Aiden McGeady's cross in the 78th minute....
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10:56 AM, May 27, 2012
Dublin: Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni picked his 23-man squad for the European Championships on Monday, leaving out James McCarthy so the midfielder can stay home with his seriously ill father. The Scottish-born McCarthy was likely to be included in the squad for the June 8-July 1 tournament in Poland and Ukraine but asked to be withdrawn from contention. "I have made the very difficult decision to withdraw my name from... 
