Japanese tour party to seek out Roy’s roots at Rockmount

ELEVEN Japanese businessmen will travel from Tokyo to Ireland in April to trace Roy Keane’s roots.

One of the visitors, Mr Ito, acted as liaison officer to the FAI at the World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea in 2002.

Ray Treacy, whose travel company looks after the FAI, confirmed yesterday that Mr Ito was one of the travelling party who want to meet with officers of Rockmount, Keane’s schoolboy club, and hoped to meet his family.