Ahem. I have a new book out. My relentless quest for publicity is in full swing — check out @gaaconomics on Twitter — and I am afraid you are going to have to listen to me here.

The thorny subject of the economic realities for the GAA need to be addressed. My new book GAAconomics raises key issues about hurling — the cost, the progress, the snobbery and the urban areas that need careful tending.

You wait 50 years for an All-Ireland hurling final draw... This is the second season in a row the big show has gone to a replay, but at least it means you have first-hand experience of preparing for a second day.

They have a name for it in Hollywood, of course, where there’s a name for everything: the non-recurring phenomenon.

True confession: I spent a fair amount of yesterday’s game unable to make out what was going on.

There’s been quite a debate about the proposed 5pm throw-in for the All-Ireland senior hurling final replay, and not just for the inconvenience.

Cork’s dramatic draw in the All-Ireland final on Sunday has acted like a booster shot to the GAA within the county.

After Cork beat Kilkenny in the All-Ireland quarter-final last month, manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy eventually made his way to the tunnel leading to the Semple Stadium dressing-rooms.

Sunday is Dr Con Murphy’s 25th All-Ireland final with Cork. Medic, psychologist, confidante, wise-cracker: the West Cork man has a best-selling memoir on his hands — if he ever decides to write it.

Cork folk in Duhallow are usually gearing up for the All-Ireland football final, but the rise of hurling in the division is no accident.