Ireland have booked a World Cup playoff place. Troy Parrott netted a hat-trick and secured a World Cup playoff place for the Republic of Ireland in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. On Sunday afternoon, at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Ireland twice came from behind against Hungary to win 3-2, but that doesn't even tell half of the story for the Boys in Green. Parrott scored a first-half penalty, but the home side went into the break leading 2-1 and on course for that final playoff place.