• Music
  • 28 Jan 03

Archive article of the week: interview with Mick McCarthy, 1999

Archive article of the week: interview with Mick McCarthy, 1999
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

Take one last look at Mick McCarthy, out-going manager of Ireland, pre-World Cup 2002 and other assorted battles of Saigon. Ole

North Dublin might be all about tall thin pointy things v wind conditions this week, but the rest of the nation holds its breath over a different conflict between irresistible force & (hopefully) immoveable object: that is, the FAI versus normal people who aren't hapless bureaucrats. With any luck, we'll know by week's end who the next gaffer for the boys in green will be - in the meantime, we bring you one last chance to revisit the man vacating the seat, in happier times. It's an interview with Mick McCarthy from 1999, and it's our Archive Article Of The Week. Read...

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