article_snippet: It is the game which, ultimately, could define the success or otherwise of Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane’s expensive Republic of Ireland tenure.
article_snippet: Installed amid much fanfare 18 months ago, £1million-per-year O’Neill and his assistant Keane, with a £600,000 salary, were given a remit of qualification for Euro 2016, a task made easier by the expansion to a 24-team format.
article_snippet: Martin O'Neill, manager of the Republic of Ireland, needs to prove his worth with victory over Poland .
article_snippet: Martin O'Neill, manager of the Republic of Ireland were given big salaries and asked to reach the 2016 European Championships .
article_snippet: An inquest, you feel, awaits O’Neill and An inquest regime should O’Neill and his regime fail to beat the group leaders.
article_snippet: he said this week that players could win a starting place should players impress at players coastal training base in Malahide.
article_snippet: Lose and it could prove an awfully long three months for O’Neill before O’Neill host Scotland.
article_snippet: Win, and that £1m salary would look like a shrewd investment.
highlights_snippet: 18 months ago, Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane were given £1million and £600,000-a-year salaries, and asked to qualify for Euro 2016 .
  
highlights_snippet: The pair need to prove The pair worth when The pair take to the pitch on Sunday .