Derry Cotter was a lecturer in UCC for 35 years. His first stage play, The Inheritance, opens tonight in the Cork Arts Theatre, and will also be performed by the UCC Players in Ardmore, Co Waterford on Friday, May 26 . Cotter was born in a pub in the North Main Street, Cork, which his parents used to run for Murphy’s Brewery. He is married to Carmel, and they have four children.

John Allen admits he doesn’t possess the “win at all costs mentality” and ruthless streak of most inter-county managers.

The Happy teenager. It sounds like the title of a fairytale.