UNESCO decision on hurling 'yet another high point in what has been a quite exceptional 2018 for the game'

It makes us rage, despair and on some wonderful days, it makes us weep with joy - and now hurling has been granted special cultural status by UNESCO.

At a meeting in Mauritius, the cultural body inscribed hurling and camogie on the wonderfully titled Representative List the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.