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Thu 01 Jan 2010Niall Quinn a winner with agents at Burlo bash
NIALL QUINN was the star turn at this year’s Irish Auctioneers and Valuers’ (IAVI) day out, giving more than his money’s worth with an entertaining hour-long talk about his life and footballing times. (His fee was reportedly €10,000).
Blame is part of the game, he said, in countries as in football, but when the inquiries and the moaning stop, we all have to get on with business. At this point professional freestyle football entertainer Mark Tierney – a lad who turned failure into success after not making the grade in English football – gave a lively performance to illustrate Quinn’s point.
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