I lunched last Sunday with a gargantuan guzzler and bon viveur who announced his plans to take a sleeping pill tonight and retire early. New Year’s Eve is funny.

A FIREFIGHTER has described some of the horrific scenes he and colleagues witnessed in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s mayhem in Dublin.

Romania are certain to be facing an early flight home but Keith Wood is adamant the East Europeans will have a major say in who advances out of the World Cup’s group of death.