O’Byrne lays out his Hoop dreams

Another January afternoon out in Tallaght and the National Basketball Arena is throbbing, writes Kieran Shannon.

It’s not the Premier League National Cup finals that are on. Instead as we enter as lively a spot as you could get in the country last Wednesday afternoon, it’s an U19C girls game that has the place hopping.

The All-Ireland Schools finals are now into their third day and there in a snapshot, the sport’s past and future stream into one.