The mother of former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has sadly passed away, her family confirmed on Friday.

Marie Keane passed away ‘peacefully, surrounded by her loving family and in the tender loving care of the doctors, nurses and staff’ at Marymount University Hospital and Hospital in Cork.

The former Manchester United and Ireland player was close to his mother, and would regularly travel back to his hometown to visit her.

He shared a picture of the two of them together on one such visit in January 2022, alongside the caption: ‘The only boss I listen to’.

Roy’s father, Maurice ‘Mossie’ Keane passed away in 2019 at the age of 79 after suffering a stroke.

During an episode of Stick to Football last year, Keane became emotional when he came across a picture of his parents while going through his memorabilia, and was comforted by fellow hosts Ian Wright, Jill Scott and Gary Neville. 

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