Wise words from the benchmark boss

THE MANAGER, the minister and the future of Irish sport gathered together in Dublin’s Mansion House yesterday.

As Sports Minister Seamus Brennan and 200 special guests listened intently, football’s most decorated gaffer, Alex Ferguson, told Ireland’s elite teenage talent: the hard work starts here.

“Talent has got you this far — now let’s see how badly you want to be successful,” the Man Utd manager told the 18 Irish Examiner’s National Junior sports star award winners.