The United utility player has been selected in new Ireland boss Giovanni Trapatonni's squad for the games against Serbia in Dublin on May 24th and Colombia at Fulham's Craven Cottage ground four days later.
Republic of Ireland squad:
Goalkeepers: Dean Kiely (West Brom), Joe Murphy (Scunthorpe), K Westwood (Carlisle Utd).
Defenders: Alex Bruce (Ipswich), Damien Delaney (QPR), Richard Dunne (Manchester City), Kevin Foley (Wolves), Stephen Kelly (Birmingham City), Paul McShane (Sunderland), Darren O'Dea (Celtic), John O'Shea (Man Utd).
Midfielders: Damien Duff (Newcastle), Owen Garvan (Ipswich), Wes Hoolahan (Blackpool), Stephen Hunt (Reading), Aiden McGeady (Celtic), Stephen MacPhail (Cardiff), Liam Miller (Sunderland), Darren Potter (Wolves), Andy Reid (Sunderland), Martin Rowlands (QPR), Sean Scannell (Crystal Palace), Glenn Whelan (Stoke).
Strikers: Kevin Doyle (Reading), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Andy Keogh (Wolves), Shane Long (Reading), Daryl Murphy (Sunderland).