I, Keano: Republic leader who marched on home

HE came, he saw and he went home in a tiff.

The story of Roy Keane’s departure from the Irish soccer camp on the eve of the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan is to be told again - in a musical.

“I, Keano” will tell the tale of “an ancient federation (sending) a legion to an island to prepare for a momentous war”, according to its promoters.