Town have confirmed that Sunderland striker David Healy has completed his loan move to the Blues until the end of the season. Healy, consistently linked with Town during Jim Magilton's time as manager and again throughout the summer, joins his Black Cats team-mate Daryl Murphy at Portman Road.

Killyleagh-born Healy started his career with Manchester United, during which time he spent spells on loan at Port Vale and Preston, eventually signing on full-time with the Lilywhites in 2001.

After a loan spell at Norwich, Healy moved on to Leeds and then Fulham, before then-Sunderland boss Roy Keane paid the Cottagers £1.2 million for his services in August 2008.

The frontman, who has never replicated his Northern Ireland form of 35 goals in 78 games at club level, has made only three starts - none in the league - and 18 sub appearances since joining the Black Cats, scoring just three goals.

The 30-year-old, awarded an MBE for services to football in 2008, is contracted to Sunderland until the summer of 2011.

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Goldtooth added 17:14 - Feb 1 Great stuff!
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MazzaCOYB added 17:15 - Feb 1 Welll done Roy, you have pulled this one out of the bag and I, as I am sure everyone else will, will get behind Healy and hope to finally translate some of those international goals in Club ones! COYB
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dannysigma added 17:15 - Feb 1 Yes!
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blue added 17:18 - Feb 1 UP UP AN AWAY IN MY BEAUTIFUL MY BEAUTIFUL BLUE TRACTOR PMSL.PLAYOFFS NOT OUT OF QUESTION YETTTTTTTTTTT!
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ITFC1985 added 17:19 - Feb 1 Well done Keano!!! lets hope it turns out to be a good bit of buisness COYB!!!
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im_marcacus added 17:19 - Feb 1 Two strikers with worse scoring records than the hardly dazzling record of Priskin, I hope Keano can get some shooting boots up their arse and get them buzzing. Anyway, new starts and all that: welcome to Ipswich lads, COYB!!!
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MarkITFC added 17:19 - Feb 1 COYB ! Healy will hopefully bang the goal in !
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BoxerBlue added 17:20 - Feb 1 Welcome aboard david COYB!!!
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wcoote added 17:22 - Feb 1 not bad, should have kept priskin though and got rid of pablo.
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fransfison added 17:22 - Feb 1 a blue escort cabriolet. why?
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fransfison added 17:22 - Feb 1 a blue escort cabriolet. why?
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blue added 17:23 - Feb 1 UP UP AN AWAY IN MY BEAUTIFUL MY BEAUTIFUL BLUE TRACTOR PMSL.PLAYOFFS NOT OUT OF QUESTION YETTTTTTTTTTT!
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tractorgirl2 added 17:24 - Feb 1 very happy today, hopefully onward and upward
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BrightBlue added 17:24 - Feb 1 Welcome to Ipswich David & Daryl and well done Roy!
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Eireannach_gorm added 17:26 - Feb 1 Didn't know Healy was 30 years old. He's been not realising his talent for a long time. Hope it changes under Roy's gentle guidance!
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jayjay198423 added 17:29 - Feb 1 Playoffs WTF very poor signings neither hav played 4 ova a year in the first team. Had a quality forward who need games goals and confidence. Keane = joke
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MVBlue added 17:30 - Feb 1 F I N A L L Y ! Biggest Mistake Magilton made, not getting Healy. Mind you he needs to prove he can do it for us. Come on Healy! Welcome!
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tractorboyupnorth added 17:30 - Feb 1 welcome Healy & Murphy, here's hoping with regular football at the Super Blues you'll both find your shooting boots and convert our most shots on target out of the Championship to most goals - looking forward to Mids on Saturday!
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Paulc added 17:30 - Feb 1 Markeyboy - hope he gets more than the 1 goal you speak of!
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RobbieScarlatti added 17:31 - Feb 1 Come on the red and whites!
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ferla added 17:32 - Feb 1 come on healy fire us up the table
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jollyroger added 17:32 - Feb 1 welcome lads i hope you brought your shooting boots with you we all need you to score goals goals goals
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SouperJim added 17:33 - Feb 1 Great stuff, bring on the boro!
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PaulMariner added 17:35 - Feb 1 An MBE ???
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itfc94 added 17:36 - Feb 1 brilliant :)
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