Ciarán Whelan on...

His approach as a pundit:

“RTÉ traditionally have had space for maybe someone who is more sensationalist like a Joe [Brolly] and a Pat [Spillane]. But I think there’s also a space for analysis of the game and what people want to see is how the game was won or lost. I’m not interested in going in there and having my name at the back of papers. If you have to be critical, you have to be critical but you have to be respectful as well.”

The black card: