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Eileen Gleeson's Republic of Ireland contract has now expired following the end of her team's Euro 2025 campaign Manager Eileen Gleeson refused to discuss her future in the Republic of Ireland job after her side's 3-2 aggregate defeat by Wales meant they missed out on a place at Euro 2025. Hannah Cain's 50th-minute penalty and substitute Carrie Jones' goal earned Wales a 2-1 play-off second-leg win in Dublin as the Irish were unable to follow their qualification for last year's World Cup by earning a spot in Switzerland. "I’m not thinking about that tonight, we have a team who are devastated at the fact that they are not going to the Euros, " said Gleeson when asked whether she would remain in the role. The Ireland manager's contract has now expired following the end of the Euro 2025 campaign although she had suggested prior to the play-off that she was keen to stay in job. "I'm not talking about anything else other than the game tonight. We're going to pick ourselves up and we'll go again. "We have to go again, women’s football will not stand still. It’s a setback and a major disappointment, obviously. " Gleeson, pointedly, did not congratulate Wales boss Rhian Wilkinson after the final whistle and at the later post-match news conference accused the Welsh bench of "a lot of provocation". "There were reactions to that as well. It was a team challenge to manage across the night, " said Gleeson, whose captain Katie Mc Cabe was on the receiving end of several robust challenges which eventually provoked a response that led to the Arsenal star being handed a yellow card. "A lot of shouting at players, aggressive language to our staff. " Republic of Ireland goalkeeping coach Emma Byrne was also yellow carded during the game. The Wales manager said that she had attempted to speak to Gleeson at full-time but the Ireland manager retorted: "I didn’t see Rhian. She didn’t come near me, I didn’t go near her, I was with my team. " For her part, Wilkinson shrugged off Gleeson's remarks. "There’s always some words occasionally. A team has to win and a team had to lose and there’s high emotions but I also think that’s football, " said the Wales boss. England batting first against South Africa in ODI series opener West Ham boss Lopetegui under pressure and Premier League build-up Pope stays as wicketkeeper in unchanged England team Dissecting funny and fascinating medicine Comedian Kiri Pritchard-Mc Lean and guests celebrate medicine’s past, present and future An obscure death cult that shocked the world The almost unbelievable story of the Order of the Solar Temple How did Peter Theil become a billionaire? He made his fortune from huge tech companies, but he’s since rejected Silicon Valley for being too "woke" Panorama investigates the dark side of the tomato trade Tomatoes are a store cupboard staple for many of us, but can we trust what we are eating? When the All Blacks' head coach played club rugby in Northern Ireland Meet Jude Mc Atamney - the New York Giants kicker from Derry Ireland 'blown away' by visit from Andes crash survivor The Dutch You Tuber who plans to change NI football 'A bittersweet ending but the achievements remain indelible' Football's lack of unity for rainbow gesture - what does it mean? Scotland's golden generation miss their golden hour Vote for BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year In Pictures: Sporting photos of the week Van Dijk 'the best ever'? Rank great Premier League centre-backs Seven months to go - Farrell's Lions to-do list 'Liverpool are the real deal' - why it will be hard to stop them now 'Extraordinary' - the case for Aspinall to fight Jones in numbers 'In 10 years you'll see a woman starting an F1 race' How 'excellent' Van Dijk kept Haaland & Man City quiet. Video How 'excellent' Van Dijk kept Haaland & Man City quiet From postman to world champion - the life of snooker great Griffiths Guardiola jokingly responds to Anfield chants. Video Guardiola jokingly responds to Anfield chants Verstappen has 'lost all respect' for Russell 'People want nothing to do with him': How Ireland turned away from Conor Mc Gregor What being coached by Murray could do for Djokovic © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.