Shane Long and John O'Shea train with Ireland
Sunday 15 November 2015 13:29, UK
Striker Shane Long and defender John O'Shea trained with the Republic of Ireland squad on Sunday morning.
The duo could be fit and available for Monday night's European Qualifier Play-off second leg against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Dublin.
Long has been out of action for almost a month with a knee injury and O'Shea missed the first game through suspension.
They were joined by Stoke City forward Jonathan Walters, who like O'Shea, was suspended for the 1-1 draw at the Bilino Polje Stadium.
Daryl Murphy, who led the line in Long's absence in the first leg, was the only man to sit out the warm-up.
Ireland manager Martin O'Neill will hope Sunderland defender O'Shea, who has not played since damaging a hamstring in the Wear-Tyne derby on October 25, and Southampton striker Long, who limped out of the 2-1 defeat in Poland on October 11 with a foot problem, are both available as the campaign draws to a close at the Aviva Stadium.
The Irish are in a strong position for the game, having drawn in Zenica, with Robbie Brady scoring what could be a crucial away goal.
Speaking in the build-up to the game, O'Neill has expressed his sorrow over the Paris terror attacks but insisted he has no safety concerns over the Dublin fixture after the Stade de France was targeted on Friday.
"I don't feel uneasy about the game," he said. "I think it was horrendous, the events in Paris, it obviously puts a lot of things into perspective including football matches, but no, I didn't think necessarily that was the case.
"Obviously we are hoping that the stadium is well policed and I am hoping we would be okay. But I hadn't thought about that, it was more the thought about the events in Paris itself."