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10th Jul 2015

Roy Keane is suing Paddy Power over Braveheart billboard

You can take my picture but you'll never take my freedom.

Kevin McGillicuddy

Would you like to be Roy’s barrister

You know what we were only just saying in the office the other day.

It had been a whole week without a Roy Keane story, but lo and behold today we’ve got our fill with news that Roy is suing an Irish bookie because of a billboard ad before the Ireland-Scotland Euro 2016 game at the Aviva last month.

The giant poster in question showed Keane mocked up to be William Wallace, and Roy must not be a Braveheart fan, as he’s suing the company now for breach of image rights.

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Keane has hired A&L Goodbody to represent him in the case, while the high-profile bookmaker will be using Arthur Cox to defend the accusation.
The billboard was on the back of truck that was moved around Dublin, and was parked near the Aviva on the day of the game and stated,
“‘You May Take Our Points, But At Least We Have Our Freedom (Ya Wee Pussies)”
According to the Irish Times, when a Paddy Power spokesperson was contacted about the legal case they responded
“It’s with the lawyers, so obviously we can’t talk about it, but hopefully they won’t take our freedom to have a bit of craic.”

Anyone got the odds on who’s going to win the court case.

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