The best place to begin any appraisal of Tommy Walsh’s career is not with the All-Ireland medals, not with the All Stars but on a Sunday afternoon at Walsh Park in the summer of 1997.

The proposed creation of a new road through the historic heart of Kilkenny city will bring increased traffic through the area and will sever the ‘Medieval Mile’ which links Kilkenny Castle with St Canice’s Cathedral.

THE GAA has to be more proactive in the provision of all-weather floodlit pitches, Kilkenny County Board Secretary, Ned Quinn will tell delegates in his first report to annual convention tomorrow evening.