What time and TV channel is Ireland v Senegal on today in their friendly?

Ireland are back in action this evening as they take on 2021 African Cup of Nations winners Senegal in an international friendly.
The feeling around this Irish team has started to shift positively under Heimir Hallgrímsson and he'll be hoping to gain some further momentum ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.
Ireland have been handed a tricky group alongside Portugal, Hungary, and Armenia and Senegal will prove as a stiff test this evening.
Ranked 19th in the world, they will be without former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane but will have the likes of Nicolas Jackson and Idrissa Gueye involved.
Here is everything you need to know about the game.
The game takes place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
The game kicks off at 7.45 pm.
RTE Two will have live coverage of the game and it can be streamed on the RTE Player. We will also have live updates here on the Irish Mirror.
Ireland 9/4
Draw 2/1
Senegal 6/5

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