DES Cahill hailed what was ‘a great day’ upon the birth of ‘another beautiful grandchild’.
Son Paul and his partner Áine welcomed the arrival of their daughter earlier this week.
Paul is the image of Des even by father-son standards[/caption]
Des and wife Caroline have one other adult child in daughter Amy[/caption]
Reflecting on the newest member of the Cahill team, the 66-year-old opted for a suitably sports-centric line of thinking with regard to her future.
He wrote on Instagram: “WHAT A GREAT DAY! Another beautiful Cahill grandchild has arrived!
“Huge congrats to Paul and especially the wonderful mother, Áine.
“Another little girl to become pals with as I drive to her matches in the years ahead…”
Irish sport en masse has been going through a bit of a baby boom over the past fortnight.
Only a few days ago Des’ RTE Sport colleague Marie Crowe gave birth to her fourth child – and first daughter.
Meanwhile not one but TWO Irish football legends have added to their families since the start of the month.
Initially it was the turn of Louise Quinn and partner Eilish as they became mothers for the first time.
And only yesterday retired ace Aine O’Gorman revealed similar word around her other half Rachel.
In a sweet photo, the former Peamount United winger is seen smiling for the camera while cradling their daughter Emily – who joins older brother James in their family of four.
Many of her ex-Ireland teammates were quick to react to the lovely post.
Katie McCabe wrote: “Congratulations to you both.”
Stephanie Zambra and Leanne Kiernan were also over the moon with each commenting a series of heart emojis.
The Ireland WNT are next in action on April 4 and 8 in a Nations League double-header against Greece.
They’ll be seeking to rectify a poor start under Carla Ward that saw a patchy 1-0 home win over Turkey followed by a 4-0 drubbing in Slovenia.
Their male counterparts will be equally aiming to salvage their Nations League campaign this evening by avoiding relegation to League C.
Their first leg against Bulgaria takes place in Plovdiv with Sunday the date of the return leg in the Aviva Stadium.
Ahead of tonight’s game it is clear that boss Heimir Hallgrímsson does not subscribe to the theory that relegation in the Nations League might be no bad thing.
That school of thought highlights that it would provide better opportunities for favourable results and, potentially, qualification for Euro 2028, although that should come automatically as tournament co-hosts.
HALL TO PLAY FOR
But, for Hallgrímsson, whose only positive results to date have come against Finland, he could do without his side acquiring the reputation of being one on the slide.
The 57-year-old argued: “Does it matter? My thoughts are, we need to play good opponents day in and day out to develop as a team.
“That’s why group B is important for us, there are differing views on it and I respect that.
“But I think it’s really important to stay in group B and play higher ranked opponents.
“Experiment? Yes, we have players who don’t have caps and we’d like to see them in action, we called in players we feel are ready to play, that’s why we bring them in.
“It’s also a time to give players a chance, but it’s not like we will lose anything or risk anything in this game, as a group we like to stay in group B and compete with better teams.”
