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"I just feel the time is right to call it a day with Ireland. It was disappointing for the squad, the manager, and the whole country that we didn't qualify for the World Cup."
Carr, who missed Ireland's last campaign in 2002 through injury, was aware that Germany in 2006 was his last chance to play at the World Cup finals: "I'll be 34 the next time the World Cup comes around and at that stage of my career I wouldn't feel as though I could do myself or Ireland justice in the competition should we get through."