ROY KEANE is enjoying the dressing room banter at Celtic but insists he will never become too close with any of his new team-mates.

After Dublin, Cork is the second most popular location for company start-ups, according to the first Bank of Ireland Business Start-up Barometer of 2006.

Rangers captain Barry Ferguson is considering what could be season-ending surgery if the Ibrox club are eliminated from Europe next week.

CELTIC midfielder Aiden McGeady expects to be sacrificed for the visit of Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-final tomorrow night if Chris Sutton recovers from injury.

ROSCOMMON football great Dermot Earley, recognised as one of the best players never to win an All-Ireland medal, has been inducted into the MBNA ‘Kick Fada’ Hall of Fame.

CELTIC manager Martin O’Neill has hailed the courage and determination of his players following their European failure.

Henrik Larsson insists he will still leave Celtic at the end of the season despite making a u-turn on his international career.

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LIMERICK hurler Mike O’Brien faces an anxious wait ahead of the Shannonsiders Guinness Munster SHC semi-final against champions Waterford on June 1.