The John Fogarty Interview: 'We were in the business to make friends, not enemies' - Babs Keating

It’s 30 years since Babs Keating guided his county to the All-Ireland that broke an 18-year famine. The man who for many symbolises the good and the grandiose of Tipperary hurling is as absorbing and outspoken as ever.

Sunny Castleknock on Thursday afternoon. Babs is home alone, he smiles, but not for long. In the space of an hour, his son Michael, a friend John Divilly, the photographer Moya, as well as a boiler technician, have all come and gone. The interview hardly skips a beat as the 75-year-old continues to talk while tending to the interludes. The only rider for agreeing to the interview is a lift to Heuston Station afterwards. How could we say no?