Irish at full strength

No injury worries for Trapattoni

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Irish at full strength

Trapattoni: No injury problems

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Republic of Ireland are set to be at full strength for Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier with Andorra.

Robbie Keane has been declared fit after he suffered no reaction to his knee injury in Friday's win over Armenia.

The 30-year-old striker, who has been struggling with the problem, was substituted shortly after Keith Fahey's winning goal at the Yerevan Republican Stadium.

However, manager Giovanni Trapattoni revealed today that he took him off simply as a precaution.

"I gave him a little bit of a rest because he had, not an injury, but some pain and I wanted to be cautious about it."

Shay Given missed training on Sunday, but assistant manager Marco Tardelli later confirmed that he was left out just to give him a rest.

Defensive duo Darren O'Dea and Paul McShane also took part in training after struggling with knee and hamstring injuries respectively.

Fulham winger Damien Duff remains sidelined by a calf strain as Ireland go in search of their second victory in Group B.