THERE’S NO PLACE like home for Ireland’s Euro 2016 training camp.

Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane have picked Fota Island Resort as the base for their pre-tournament preparations.

The squad will spend five days at the Cork facility, which has previously hosted Liverpool, Manchester United and West Ham as well as some of Ireland’s underage squads.

Ireland take on the Netherlands in a warm-up friendly on Friday 27 May and will then travel down to Fota for the camp from 30 May-3 June.

“I’ve been to a number of potential sites in Ireland and overseas, and we’ve decided on Fota Island because it offers everything we need right here on our doorstep,” said O’Neill.

“I visited Fota Island Resort recently, with Roy Keane, and I know that it has a good pedigree as a base for sporting teams and, in particular, football squads.

The players will be in France for what will be a long enough period, so it’s good to keep them closer to home for the build-up to such a huge competition, and in a familiar environment.

Ireland will be based in Versailles during the tournament, with their first group game against Sweden on 13 June in Paris.

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