Roy Keane told mourners at the funeral Mass for his mother Marie that losing her felt like the family having their “hearts ripped out of their chests”. However, the family was taking comfort in her being reunited “with people who love her as much as we do”, he told mourners at today’s Mass at the … Read more
Roy Keane very rarely talks about his personal life, but was known to be very close to his parents. Marie was a mother of five and was a formidable influence on her son Roy, who played for Manchester United and Celtic and lined out for the Republic of Ireland almost 70 times. His father, Maurice … Read more
Roy Keane has paid tribute to his late mother, Marie, in a post on his Instagram bearing the caption: “You’ll Always Be The Boss”. Marie Keane died on Friday at Marymount hospice in Cork city at the age of 79. The former Manchester United and Ireland player (54) has spoken in the past of his … Read more
Marie Keane (79) died in Marymount University Hospital in Cork last Friday after a long illness. Her family were by her bedside as she passed away. The footballer was very close to his mother and a regular visitor to see her at Marymount over recent weeks. He has now posted a photograph of Marie and … Read more
Influencer is a derogatory term, usually applied to somebody from Gen Z who hasn’t achieved anything very much except figuring out how best to deploy modern technology to create mindless content, usually centred around a faux-glamorous lifestyle. Possessing some talent for generating clicks and attracting followers, the best of them earn fortunes from ancillary sponsorship … Read more
When we took our first steps as tottering foals in the Cork Schoolboys’ League in the early 1980s, we used to wait anxiously for the Evening Echo to slide through the letterbox on Tuesday afternoons. That edition carried reports of the previous weekend’s games, pithy paragraphs summarising the action, namechecking goalscorers and listing three or … Read more
Roy Keane is someone who is not afraid to make his opinion known on a given subject, with the Cork man having made some controversial statements down through the years. Be it related to his time as a player, manager, or society in general, Keane has often publicly criticised certain figures. A prime example came … Read more
Shots fired after Keane called masseuses ‘cocky’ (Image: (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)) Roy Keane has been branded a “bully” by a former Manchester United physio – after the Cork man claimed that they were “scavengers in the dressing room.” The former Red Devils captain took aim at some of the club’s staff, where he accused … Read more
Jessie Buckley continued her sweep of awards season as she picked up best actress at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (Iftas) on Friday night. The Kerry-born actor, searing as a grieving Agnes Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, was at the Dublin Convention Centre to receive her statuette. “You stay here with me. I … Read more
Ange Postecoglou was the guest on the latest edition of Stick to Football this week, joining Gary Neville, Roy Keane, and co to discuss his journey in football over the last few decades. The Aussie has had an incredibly interesting journey. He moved to Australia from Greece as a young child, going on to play … Read more