My favorite Corkman will be taking up the job at Sunderland…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/5281188.stm
Niall Quinn seems to have put Keano in the company of Irish patriots with his statement about Keane’s rip on Mick McCarthy back in Saipan (2002 World Cup):
[quote]"People talk about Irish patriot Robert Emmet’s speech from the dock. They talk about the oratory of Brendan Behan, Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins.
“But Roy Keane’s 10-minute oration can be mentioned in the same breath. It was clinical, fierce, earth-shattering to the person on the end of it and it ultimately caused a huge controversy in Irish society.” [/quote]
a bit of a stretch methinks… 
