McCarthy insists he has no Keane regrets

MICK McCARTHY insisted yesterday he had no regrets about the World Cup row that led to the dismissal of Roy Keane but that it was something he had not wanted to happen.

Ireland’s team manager was immediately confronted with the clash in Saipan when he chaired his first press conference with Ireland since the World Cup.

Surprisingly he responded to the press enquiries, even though he was repeatedly at pains to stress he did not wish to enter into a discussion on what had happened at the World Cup and what had emerged since.