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17th April 2015
07:46am BST

The girls celebrating after a game. (Octavian Cocolos/FAI).
They had to wait until all games were played on Thursday before the news was confirmed by UEFA.
This now sees the side travelling to the finals which will be held in Iceland in June where they will take their place in the last eight in Europe.
“It’s been a hard wait but probably as far back as Tuesday evening we were pretty confident that things would go our way,” said coach Dave Connell.
“You always have to wait for UEFA confirmation with these situations and the girls had been on to me morning noon and night so it is great for them that it’s now confirmed. I am delighted for them.”Explore more on these topics: