Razzamatazz on missing list as final goes unnoticed

Work yesterday, as it so often does in this business, involved a lot of footwork.

O’Connell Street, the quays, Grafton Street, St Stephen’s Green and a fair wedge of the city’s Georgian area were all traversed as press conferences and other dealings were crossed off the list, while the journey into town itself involved a train journey through the north side’s western approaches.

Crawling by Croke Park gave rise to the sense that something was missing. While passing over the bridge on the North Circular Road just adjacent to Quinn’s pub, the thought struck that this most frequented of thoroughfares on big match days was more or less bare of colour relating to Sunday’s All-Ireland football final. The only sign of note relating to the GAA was a bank’s advertisement that hung down from a lamppost.