Much has been made about Ireland's player production line grinding to a halt in recent years.

But are there any promising Irish footballers that we can hope to make the grade at international future in the medium-to-long term.

Off The Ball and The Irish Independent's Dan McDonnell picked out four young Boys in Green: Jack Byrne of Manchester City, Blackburn's Darragh Lenihan, Tommie Hoban of Watford and Dundalk's Daryl Horgan and charted their development and potential promise: