Burns lined out at midfield in 1991 for Pete McGrath’s men as Down ended a 23-year wait for a senior crown. He scored two points in the two-point win over Meath.

Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

It was the kind of announcement with which Aunt Pippa’s taut tush could never compete.

Fine Gael has called on Irish Olympic chiefs to honour Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima at a special ceremony in Croke Park on All Ireland Final Day.