Taoiseach leads tributes to Mick Doyle
Tuesday, 11 May 2004 22:04
The Taoiseach has led tributes to Mick Doyle, the former Irish international rugby coach and player, who was killed in a road accident today.
Mr Doyle was in a car which collided with a lorry on the main Omagh to Dungannon road in Co Tyrone this morning. The driver of the lorry was slightly injured.
Bertie Ahern said Mr Doyle is associated with some of the finest moments in modern Irish rugby. He added: 'On and off the sporting field he was a leader and one of life's natural enthusiasts.'
Mr Doyle was at the helm when Ireland won the Triple Crown and the Five Nations Championship in 1985. He won 20 caps as a flanker for Ireland between 1965 and 1968.
The 63-year-old toured South Africa with the Lions in 1968.
He also coached Leinster to Interprovincial Championship glory from 1979 to 1983.
- News At One: Listen to an excerpt of an interview former Ireland rugby coach Mick Doyle gave to Michael Corcoran about getting his first cap for Ireland
- 9 News: Tony O'Donoghue, Sports Editor, looks back at the career of the former Ireland rugby coach
- 6.1 News: Tony O'Donoghue, Sports Editor, reports on the career of Irish sportsman and manager Mick Doyle, who died in a car accident in Tyrone this morning
- 1 News: Tony O'Donoghue, Sports Editor, reports on the tragic loss of one of Ireland's rugby greats
- News At One: Current Irish ruby captain Brian O'Driscoll says that Doyle made an immeasurable contribution to Irish rugby and Lions rugby and he will be sorely missed
- News At One: Former Irish coach Donal Lenihan says that Ireland would not have won the Triple Crown in 1985 with any other manager but Mick Doyle
- News At One: Former rugby commentator Fred Cogley looks back on the career of Mick Doyle, who won 20 Irish caps in the 1960s and led the 1985 Five Nations-winning team
