Keane moves on from apology as wait on Walters continues

"I've no problem in speaking to players, staff members, if I feel I've gone overboard."

Roy Keane claims he has parked the mini-furore that arose over his criticism of some Irish players in Cork last week as the Republic of Ireland prepare for Wednesday’s flight to France ahead of the Euro 2016 opener against Sweden on Monday, writes Brendan O’Brien.

The assistant manager had strong words for some of the individual performances in the 2-1 defeat to Belarus last Tuesday evening with Martin O’Neill revealing earlier this week that Keane had apologised to the players involved.