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John Fogarty: Donal Óg Cusack swings but lacks punch

Jackie Tyrrell had ridden shotgun to Cusack as the former goalkeeping star drove at former executive members of the Cork County Board and the GAA. But for all his swings, few of Cusack's punches landed.
John Fogarty: Donal Óg Cusack swings but lacks punch

SIDELINE CUT: Jackie Tyrell, Dónal Óg Cusack and Joanne Cantwell at half-time at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile.

“I missed Italia ’90, I was in Italy at the time.” 

The bard, the doyen Con Houlihan’s brilliantly insightful words came to mind leaving SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night. By that stage, news of Dónal Óg Cusack and Jackie Tyrrell’s Punch and Judy act had reached the press box but during the game most journalists were unaware of it. Blissfully.

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