Martin O'Neill's team will head this summer's major tournament with a core of well-established players, hoping to better their last effort from four years ago, which ended poorly
Coach: Martin O'Neill
Key player: Shane Long
Qualifying form: W5, L2, D3
Top scorers in qualifying: Robbie Keane, Jon Walters (both 5), Shane Long (3)
Ireland will complete back-to-back European Championship appearances for the first time at Euro 2016, although they had to work hard to secure their place.
They drew with both Poland and Scotland and took four points off world champions Germany to earn a third-place finish in Group D, before coming through the play-offs against Bosnia-Herzegovina.