Time to show true respect to lesser lights of Munster

The words “with all due respect” have entirely lost their meaning in the GAA world after these past few days.

It started with the patronising plaudits for Clare and Tipperary after their respective qualifier wins last Saturday and very quickly moved on to an examination of Kerry’s route to a possible/likely All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin.

“With all due respect to Clare and Tipperary, it’s a bit nuts that Kerry ‘only’ have to play them two counties to get a crack at Dublin at the end of August.”