Rod Liddle's 'thug' comment sparked Eamon Dunphy's viral Irish TV rant

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Rod Liddle, controversial journalist and broadcaster, died this week aged 66. His inflammatory columns and personal life drew headlines, but he also sparked Eamon Dunphy’s viral TV rant. Liddle had called then-Manchester United captain Roy Keane a “thug.” During RTÉ football coverage, host Bill O’Herlihy mentioned it; Dunphy, Keane’s autobiography ghostwriter, furiously called Liddle “the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one.” Dunphy later called his outburst “unforgivable” and apologized. Liddle, former BBC Radio 4 Today editor, had a history of controversy, including a 2010 press watchdog censure over comments about violent crime.


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