It’s time for Bertie to turn Olympic inspiration into practical progress

By Ronan Mullen

There was time enough for two members of the Defence Forces, volunteers for the duration of the Games, to take out hurleys and belt a sliotar up and down the field.

Lads from Longford and Louth don't often get to play hurling in Croke Park. And Saturday night was that kind of evening. It was a triumph for artistic expression and for voluntary spirit. It was a night when ordinary people did extraordinary things.