Sometimes it happens at a press conference, sometimes it occurs in a post-game scrum.

Looking back now, the man in the optician’s shop probably didn’t mean anything by what he said, but it was still an own goal of massive proportions.

The Championship?

Weary and running out of gas, the Kerry footballers and Cork hurlers met their Waterloo in the summer of ’87

Two youngsters clashed in the 1987 All-Ireland minor final, Tipperary v Offaly, who featured in a lot of headlines subsequently. You know them well...

He hasn’t discovered any short cuts. The familiar signposts — Mallow, Buttevant, Charleville — still mark the winding road from Cork to Limerick and John Allen has seen a lot of them in recent months.

We’re in Nowlan Park so we’ll start with the visitor. When I say ‘Kilkenny’ what comes to mind, Seán Óg?

I’ve no problem admitting it.

The week a politician discloses his sexuality to the public, you’d imagine a quiet couple of days would be in order.

Stephen McDonnell can thank his Cork team-mate Jamie Coughlan for the No 3 jersey.