MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: Farewell John, your close personal friends will miss you

If there’s one town in Ireland where I would want my car to break down, it’s Dungarvan.

A few years ago an interview with a GAA manager in the town didn’t go too well. I was distracted; a fault with the car was in my train of thought as I rolled out the questions.

After our chat, I told the manager my problem, and though he wasn’t able to remedy the fault with the engine, he had the perfect solution? “Why don’t you just ring Johnny?”