The staging of concerts by Rihanna and Robbie Williams at the Aviva Stadium last year contributed to the firm operating the stadium recording an operating profit of €4.55m.

Liverpool 0 Celtic 1

It was the elephant in the Oak Room of the Mansion House last night as the great and the good, including the managers of Liverpool and Celtic, gathered to raise the curtain on today’s ‘Dublin Decider’ at the Aviva Stadium.

When, and not if, the offer of managing in England is dangled in front of Neil Lennon, it’s the darker days of his first season in the Celtic hot seat he’ll take into account.