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Robert Hynes

Roy Keane's kind gesture for dying youngster after Martin McGuinness request

Roy Keane once met a dying youngster and gave him his jersey after a request from the late Martin McGuinness.

Former RTE journalist Tommy Gorman made the revelation as he looked back on his famous interview with the Manchester United legend following the Saipan incident ahead of the 2002 World Cup.

Gorman got a phone call from the former First Minister of Northern Ireland asking if Keane would be able to meet teenager Gerard Logue, who had cancer and sadly died a few months later.

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