CHERRIES stars Eunan O’Kane and Harry Arter have both been named in a 35-strong Republic of Ireland squad for a friendly against Holland later this month.

The clash, which takes place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on May 27, is a crucial warm-up in preparation for the Euros.

O’Kane won his first cap when he came off the bench to help the Republic claim a 1-0 win over Switzerland in a friendly in March and earned his full debut five days later against Slovakia.

Arter was forced to miss both matches through injury but has earned a recall along with Shay Given, Marc Wilson, Jeff Hendrick, Jonathan Walters and David McGoldrick.

“Everything now is about preparing for Euro 2016 and that is why we wanted to play a team of the calibre of the Netherlands as we aim to make the most of our time ahead of the departure for France," said O'Neill at a press conference.

"We will travel to Fota Island Resort for a training camp and a game against Belarus in the week afterwards, but this game at the Aviva Stadium is very important in terms of building our match sharpness and getting into tournament mode.

"It is also an opportunity to play in front of the Ireland supporters, who have been terrific, at the Aviva Stadium before leaving for the Euros and that is something that means a lot to the players because when we get together, it all comes together."

The Ireland squad will begin their preparations for the Euros on Monday, May 23 at the FAI National Training Centre before facing Netherlands on Friday, May 27. O'Neill will announce his squad the following day at a press conference.

The squad will then transfer to County Cork for a week-long training camp at Fota Island Resort and take on Belarus in a friendly on Tuesday, May 31 at Turner's Cross. The squad will depart for France on Wednesday, June 8.

Goalkeeper Adam Federici, who has won 15 caps for Australia, has been called up to their 23-man squad to face England at the Stadium of Light on Friday, May 27.

And Joshua King will return to the Norway squad after missing out on the last international break due to injury. They take on Portugal, Iceland and Belgium.