Michael Clifford: Lamenting loss of a sporting summer

Then taoiseach Bertie Ahern can’t hide his excitement at the prospect of the Bertie Bowl, during a press conference in 2000. How the world has changed since. Picture: Andrew Paton Inpho

The role of sport in society got two outings during the week, writes Michael Clifford

On Tuesday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar effectively announced that high summer has been cancelled, and with it a whole calendar of sporting events that ripple out way beyond any playing arena.