Keane buries father as team-mates fly to Georgia

A SOMBRE looking Robbie Keane attended his father’s funeral ceremony yesterday as the Irish team flew onto Georgia for Saturday’s crunch match.

Robbie Keane Senior, aged 51, was buried in Newlands Cross Cemetery in Crumlin after losing a year-long battle with liver cancer.

The funeral mass in St Agnes Church, Crumlin, was attended by friends and family, including members of Robbie Keane’s local club, Crumlin United. Among those attending was Jimmy Deering, one of the club’s founders. He has been credited by Brian Kerr as the man who introduced him to football management.