Rossies work around exile

No county for young men — a headline that might illustrate the job predicament in the West of Ireland at the moment.

But in this case the line applies specifically to Roscommon’s footballers. With 17 of the panel living in Dublin, the bright lights of the city seems to have set their souls on fire.

Manager Des Newton is also in the capital, a principal in Adamstown Community College just outside Lucan. Karol Mannion is long established there, where he works as a solicitor in the city centre. Donie Shine is a marketing executive with emobile in Kilmainham.