Dónal Óg Cusack appears to have accepted his inter-county hurling career is over after insisting he has no intentions of being bitter about his demotion from the panel and is ready for a new challenge.

ERICH SEGAL died recently, classics professor and author of ‘Love Story’.

PEACE in our time? News that the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and the GAA have reached an ‘interim arrangement’ which involves the Association recognising the player body broke over the weekend, but there doesn’t appear to have been a George Mitchell-type moment, with someone declaring that the parties have reached agreement to general applause.