Upping the Ante: Quinn’s vision could unearth rare benefit from Brexit

A proposed League of Ireland revamp would be bolstered by restrictions on transfers of underage players to England

There will be curious minds aplenty in the Beachcomber in Killester tomorrow evening as Niall Quinn heads the line-up for a discussion of how politics and football can work as allies in this country.

Quinn has catapulted himself back into the spotlight of late, his rather exotic proposals for the League of Ireland gathering pace at roughly the same rate as the prevailing scepticism among elements of the hardcore within. It appears, however, ...