“My favourite player when I was growing up was Niall Quinn so me first-born son I decided to call Niall, after Niall Quinn.”

Cannabis plants worth €5m have been seized as part of an ongoing nationwide anti-drugs operation.

Drugs worth about €260m were seized in the first half of the year, justice minister Alan Shatter has revealed.

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn is confident manager Roy Keane will sign a new contract within weeks.