The Blues midfielder is one of eight new faces to be named in Senior Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni's 23-man squad for the training camp which will take place in Malahide, Dublin between May 16th & May 21st.
Republic of Ireland squad: Keiren Westwood (Coventry),Joe Murphy (Scunthorpe), Brian Murphy (Ipswich), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Eddie Nolan (Sheff Weds), Paul McShane (Hull), Shane Duffy (Everton), Kevin Foley (Wolves), Stephen Ward (Wolves), Marc Wilson (Portsmouth), Darren O'Dea (Celtic), Keith Treacy (Preston), Darron Gibson (Man Utd), Andy Keogh (Wolves), James McCarthy (Wigan), Liam Lawrence (Stoke), David Meyler (Sunderland), Keith Fahey (Birmingham City), Paul Green (Derby), Caleb Folan (Hull), Leon Best (Newcastle), Shane Long (Reading), Anthony Stokes (Hibernian).