Amber Barrett set for Late Late Show appearance on Friday night

Amber Barrett will join Ryan Tubridy on the famous Late Late Show couch on Friday night. 

This summer Amber and her Republic of Ireland teammates will head for Australia to take their place at the World Cup. 

Their first game will see them face the Aussies in front of 83,500 fans in Sydney. It's all because of a moment of magic from Barrett when she put the ball in the Scottish net last October. 

The Milford native came off the bench to score the only goal of the game and sealed a first-ever World Cup qualification for Vera Pauw’s side. And Barrett celebrated the goal with a clear reference to the Creeslough tragedy, kneeling down and pointing to her black armband.

Afterwards, she paid an emotional tribute to the ten victims who perished in the explosion and dedicated her goal to the Creeslough community. 

“I know Creeslough like the back of my hand. Both my grandparents were Creeslough born and bred. I spent my whole upbringing there — summers and Christmases and every year, I go back from football to Creeslough.

“I know people that died in the tragedy, I know people who were affected by the tragedy. I know people who were first on the scene at the tragedy. I’ve not been able to put it into words in the last few days.

“This is the best day of my life in terms of what we’ve done for football. When you put it into perspective, we don’t scratch the surface of what happened there.

“This result, this game, that goal, this award. I’m dedicating it to those 10 beautiful souls who unfortunately perished on Friday. For all their families. Because I know they touched their lives. They certainly touched ours. This is for Creeslough. This is for Donegal.”