Mick McCarthy, speaking at his resignation press conference in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin last night. He revealed that the decision to give up the manager's job had been taken on the night last month when Ireland lost to Switzerland. He said the question of whether Roy Keane would play for the Republic again "is no longer my problem".

Photograph: Cyril Byrne

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