Taoiseach: It's up to Robbie Keane where he coaches

Former Ireland soccer great Robbie Keane poses for photographers in Tel Aviv, Israel when he was hired to coach Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Picture: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

The Taoiseach has said that it is up to Robbie Keane to make his own choices about where he coaches.

Keane, Ireland's record goal scorer in men's soccer, is currently head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was criticised by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald for returning to the role having fled the country at the outbreak of the war with Palestine in October.