To understand the changing heart of the GAA, it’s worth a trip to the Cork City Junior C Football League final.

Heartless thieves were yesterday branded “evil” after they robbed a grieving family just two days after burying their 14-year-old son.

A hurling helmet along with a model of a combine harvester and football boots were some of the offertory gifts presented at the requiem Mass of a popular 14-year-old who died after he fell from a tractor.