Would Roddy get Roy’s early days?

The technical term in the newspaper industry for the Roddy Doyle-writing-Roy-Keane’s-new-biography alliance is a “gusher”: as in one of those derrick-blasting oil fields which we used to see when Dallas ruled the airwaves, an apparently untappable source of columns, features and quirky pieces.

Cork v Dublin! Northside and northside! Roy Keane Ha Ha Ha! The Commitments and the Committed!

This announcement became, within seconds, the gift that keeps on giving.