The Republic of Ireland are not at the World Cup 2010.
The most recent participation by Ireland in the world cup was the 2002 Korea/Japan world cup
You have not specified any sport, so your question could refer to anything. Given that the FIFA World Cup is about to start at the time of asking of the question, the Republic of Ireland first qualified for the World Cup Finals in 1990. They did so again in 1994 and 2002.
Jack Charlton was at the helm during World Cup 1990.
Neither the Republic of Ireland nor Northern Ireland have ever won the World Cup. The best performance was by the Republic of Ireland in 1990 when they reached the quarter-finals, where they were beaten by Italy (the hosts).
Spain knocked Ireland out of the 2002 World Cup. They beat them 3 - 2 in a penalty shoot out. That was in the second round of the competition.
Never.
The Republic of Ireland are not playing in the 2010 World Cup.
The Republic of Ireland have qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times - 1990, 1994, and 2002.Northern Ireland have also qualified three times - 1958, 1982 and 1986.
Korea Republic defeated Spain in 2002 fifa world cup quarterfinals.
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Republic of Korea (South Korea) & JapanBelow are the squads for the World Cup 2002 tournaments2002-fifa-world-cup-1