Striking the right balance of work, rest and play

Since the word "linked" is perhaps the most beloved in the football journalism lexicon – well, apart from "receipt" obviously – we simply couldn’t let a day pass in the Irish camp without generating some further food for speculation concerning the, ah, junior party in the management coalition.

So then, what about all this talk of Roy Keane as the next Tánaiste?

“Has he been linked with the Labour Party?” Martin O’Neill deadpans. “I’d better let him know. He’s been linked with everything every single day, so why not? We’ll only spend half an hour on him again, alright?”