"Maybe I should take drugs." - Goran Ivanisevic, ushered out of the Australian Open on Thursday by Spain's Francisco Clavet, on his seemingly unstoppable plunge from the top 20 rankings.

"The word derisory was one that kept coming back from our people on the ground." - FAI chief executive Bernard O'Byrne on the £114,000 grant allocated from the Irish Sports Council's total pot of £5.45 million.