(Reuters) - Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane has been asked to recall Stephen Ireland to the national side by the grandmother he falsely claimed had died. Ireland, who has six international caps, has not represented his country since pulling out of a European championship qualifier against the Czech Republic in September 2007, stating that his maternal grandmother had died. When she was found to be alive and well, the Stoke City midfielder said it was actually his paternal grandmother who had passed away, before claims of her demise also proved to be false. In a chance encounter on a flight to Ireland, one of the 'dead' grandmothers urged Keane to consider recalling him after exile.
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