‘I know he wanted to walk up the aisle and that’s what he’s going to do’

Cork captain Donal Óg Cusack has paid an emotional tribute to fellow hurler Dessie Fitzgerald as the Charleville man today prepares to marry sweetheart Sarah McEvoy.

Fitzgerald, temporarily paralysed in a club match, has inspired thousands since going public in the Irish Examiner on his battle to recover from the freak injury which changed his life.

Today is another good day on the road to recovery as he swaps the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire for the Holy Cross Church in Charleville.