Football: SOME LIKE IT HOT!; Big Mac Raises the temperature.(Sport)

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Byline: CATHAL DERVAN From Saipan

MICK McCARTHY was putting his jet-lagged squad through their paces here today with the message: "Let's sweat it on".

The Irish party walked into 30 degrees heat and extreme humidity when they arrived at their island retreat off the coast of Japan yesterday.

But the Irish boss (left) said he was delighted with the conditions and couldn't wait to get down to some hard work with the players.

As he checked into the Hyatt Regency hotel on Saipan a full 24 hours after leaving Dublin Airport, McCarthy said: "The high temperatures and humidity suit me fine . I want to get a sweat on when we start training on Sunday …