"The gaffer asked me, I said I was fit, but then I was always going to say that!"
On playing at Croke Park, Doyle said
'There will be 80,000 people watching. It`s going to be an unbelievable atmosphere, very emotional, and you want to be involved in something as special as that.'
Doyle ready for Ireland
"It's brilliant to be back in the squad. I didn't know for certain until Thursday, when Steve Staunton rang the gaffer to see if I was fit," said Doyle who came off the bench for Reading against Portsmouth on the weekend.