Darron Gibson was today called into the Republic of Ireland squad for the UEFA 2016 European Championship qualifying matches against Germany and Poland.
The FAI confirmed this afternoon that the Everton midfielder returns to the full squad following injury.
Gibson has been capped 25 times for the senior international team.
The 27-year-old was an unused substitute at Goodison Park in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool today, in the Merseyside Derby.
Martin O’Neill has reduced his provisional 40-man squad to 27 for Ireland’s Euro 2016 qualifiers against Germany at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday, October 8, and Poland in Warsaw on Sunday, October 11.
The revised squad includes two uncapped players, Eunan O’Kane and Alan Judge, while three players – Stephen Quinn (knee), Harry Arter (groin) and Ciaran Clark (quad) – have been ruled out because of injury.
The squad will assemble in Dublin on Sunday evening and train on Monday at the FAI’s National Training Centre on the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown.
Marc Wilson will remain at Stoke City for treatment on a calf injury which will be reviewed by the Ireland medical staff early in the week.