Forget Martin and Roy. Here's 11 top good cop, bad cop, pairings

As Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane ride in as the FAI’s new sheriff and deputy, Dave Kenny looks at some other memorable good cop/bad cop pairings from the archives, or should that be ‘bad cop/bad bad cop’?

Forget Martin and Roy. Here's 11 top good cop, bad cop, pairings
Mon, 11 Nov, 2013 - 00:00

Riggs and Murtaugh

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover created Hollywood’s most popular good cop/bad cop (GC/BC) combo in the 1980s’ Lethal Weapon series. Good cop Murtaugh was a man constantly on the verge of retirement, who was hauled back into action when things got rough. That’s right, just like Gay Byrne.

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