OFFICIALS of Clara GAA in Co Offaly – the Taoiseach’s home club – are keeping their fingers crossed that the sale of some of their land will go through and alleviate bank interest charges of €7,000 a month which are currently crippling the club.

SURELY in a hurling community as small as Offaly, where national success was unheard of until 1981, the current success of all-conquering Birr enjoys countywide support?